I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind.

My brand of fantasy is completely devoid of the traditional notions of magic as ritual. Instead I see the fantastic as a meta-layer of existence beyond the real world.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

I started to write. And I wrote and wrote all through high school.

My characters often start out with a loss of some sort, usually a loss of emotion or purpose or hope. What I do in the course of my writing is weave a thematic arc of fulfillment. It is my constant theme as a creator.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

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