The idea that an author can extricate her or his own ongoing life experience from the tale being written is a conceit of very little worth.
Steven EriksonThe soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.
Steven EriksonThe notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims... for what?
Steven Erikson