I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can't get away with breaking this one. Readers will accept almost anything from you if you don't make them feel they have wasted their time and money. Remember, you can bore readers in a lot of different ways. It doesn't necessarily take a dearth of action; too much action can get you the same result. Everything in writing, like in life, requires balance.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

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

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.

We should not be less than what we are.

If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.