Any writer takes inspiration from what they read and watch, and over their career works on forming their own voice. I think it was probably Stephen King who made me want to become a writer.

Love is a warm brain, not a leaping heart.

The Force is neither light nor dark, master nor slave, but a balance between extremes.

Do you have to feel something for it to be real or mean anything? Can you touch your dreams, taste your imagination.

Voyaging great distances -- through forests, from island to island, across plains and into the mountains -- is all about finding ourselves.

Get an agent. Seriously, submitting stuff unagented means it will end up on the slush pile. An agent is the first quality filter, and a good agent is worth his or her weight in gold, as they'll often know the editors on a personal level and will be able to talk to them directly about the project.

To the discovered, the discoverer can be a god.