Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another
Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools.
No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me
Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living.
I am the skeptic of skeptics.
'He is very ugly,' said his mother.
The more wants a man has, the less freedom.
I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.
In a general sense, to convert any short story, novel, play, or opera into a movie, you have to re-rig it. Even though they're all narratives over time, they're very different forms.
My writerly aspirations are pretty simple: to provide as many readers as possible with the same sort of wonderful immersion that I myself get from fantasy novels - and to make enough money to help feed my kids while doing so.
[She was singing] a senseless singsong, so that several park keepers looked at her with suspicion and were only brought to a favorable opinion of her sanity by noticing the pearl necklace she wore.