The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.

If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.

One of the things that I've noticed over the years is that I seem to be fascinated as a writer with the notion that we already have all that we need.

Everything I write now might have roots in myths, often disguised,often dissolved into new multi-ethnic myths of my own making.

What we need in fantasy is the sudden balm of clarity - a temporary reprieve from life's white noise and clamor of pain, a kind of time-out. Such clarity, a new perspective, is made possible by fantastic metaphor.

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.

Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song.