I tell you, commander, it's true that some of the most terrible things in the world are done by people who think, genuinely think, that they're doing it for the best, especially if there is some god involved.

Dark Fantasy is just another way of saying Horror.

People who used magic without knowing what they were doing usually came to a sticky end. All over the entire room, sometimes.

All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.

Thats how we survive infinity - we kill it by breaking it up into small bits.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

I've lost both parents in the last two years, so you pick up on that stuff. That's the most terrible thing about being an author - standing there at your mother's funeral, but you don't switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill.