Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire.

It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.

The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.

The future is an ever-shifting maze of possibilities until it becomes the present

There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.