I remember one winter, when I was about five or six, I spent three days with another boy, tracking a bobcat that had been sighted in another county fifty miles away, but which I was sure had come into our neighborhood.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.

This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are.

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

We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.

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

The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.