To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

Don't listen to people who tell you that very few people get published and you won't be one of them. Don't listen to your friend who says you are better that Tolkien and don't have to try any more. Keep writing, keep faith in the idea that you have unique stories to tell, and tell them.

I told you I set no limits on my love for you. I don't. Yet I have never expected you to offer me your body. It was the whole of your heart, all for myself, that I sought. Even though I've never had a right to it. For you gave it away ere ever you saw me.

I was dressed up as a witch for Halloween, and wanted to write a story about my black cat before I went out trick-or-treating. I think it went out with the trash the next day.

the greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of.

I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.