Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?

He had about the same life expectancy as a three legged hedgehog on a six lane motorway.

Imagination is only intelligence having fun. A healthy mind knows how to switch between worlds, and which one you need to eat and sleep in.

He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.

I'm a fantasy writer, called a fantasy writer. But there's very little, apart from one or two basic concepts in 'I Shall Wear Midnight,' which are in fact fantasy. You have sticks that fly, but they're practical broomsticks, with a bloody great strap that you can hold on to so you don't fall off. And you try not to use them too often.

It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.

Sometimes you had to take a look at yourself and then look away.