No one more cynical than an idealist.

People are always the start for meanimals. When I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings,immortals, the deadthese are all people to me.

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable and not your fault, even if you were really trying to be careful, tactful.

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.