Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me.

If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.

If you have to hit--hit low.

I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.

I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling them how their lives were going to go for the next eight years. I wrote a scene about that, and then another and then another and then another, and after five months I had 732 pages.

You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.