It's hard to be famous and alive.

Who knows what the future holds.

I had a deprived childhood, you see. I had lots of other kids to play with and my parents bought me outdoor toys and refused to ill-treat me, so it never occurred to me to seek solitary consolation with a good book.

Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

It doesn't matter if dragons are flying overhead or whatever - a lot of Victoriana is still cut in the frame of fantasy.

But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.