If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.

Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.

Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.

free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.