The act of sharing with readers was at first too much of an intimate thing. But it evolved into an intense necessity to share.

Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

I love to fool my readers, but in a good way. If you've read any of my work, there's a good chance that at some point I surprised you.

Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to "season" people.

A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.

No waving of enchanted wands but heightened perception. No magic objects, but a transformed and enhanced reality. No spells or chants, but the raw power of the human will to enact supernatural change upon the universal fabric. This is the kind of "magic" that fills Lords of Rainbow - elemental, organic, humanistic - an extension of reality.