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

At the heart of any poor soul not at one with the Force, there is only void.

Love is a warm brain, not a leaping heart.

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum.

I tend to believe that computers are drawing kids -- and adults -- away from reading purely because they provide an alternative, vast source of spare-time amusement and entertainment. I recently heard a frightening statistic: there are less than one million true readers in this country (those who read every day instead of one book per year on a beach). Terrifying.

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

To the discovered, the discoverer can be a god.