I am a novelist at heart.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.

To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!

True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is what fantasy can do for us.

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

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.