Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.

I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy.

I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.

...To free humanity of time. For time is the great enslaver of us all. Time that ages us, time that limits us. Think how often you have wished to have more time for something, or wished you could go back a day and do something differently. When humanity is freed of time, old wrongs can be corrected before they are done.

You seek a false comfort when you demand that I define myself for you with words. Words do not contain or define any person. A heart can, if it is willing.

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.

Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.