If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

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

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

A cat never discusses his business with humans, not even Princesses. A cat never explains and never apologizes. A cat never alibis. You must accept a cat as it is and for what it is and not expect more than the pleasure of its company.