Never f*!k with the ineffable.

Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in.

People are often so busy living that they never stop to wonder why.

People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense.

There has been a lot of bad fantasy in the past - I'm by no means saying that all classic fantasy out there is bad - but there has been a lot of bad fantasy written by people who read a lot of fantasy and so all they keep doing is recycling it.

Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out.

No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.