He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.

There was no himself in himself.

It is said that whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whomsoever the gods wish to destroy, they first hand the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and Acme Dynamite Company written on the side. It's more interesting, and doesn't take so long.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.

Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course.

I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing.