In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.

Evil contained is not evil destroyed.

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.

She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.

You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.

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