“Great relationships create great characters. Make them feel real. Alive. Tangible and unforgettable. Bad relationships kill them. Bury them. Make you wish they hadn't wasted your precious time.”

“Of course I believe in magic. I believe in storytelling.”

“I don't know who a character is till I look into their eyes.”

“They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but with me it always ends up being well over a hundred thousand.”

“Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.”

“Life is about connection, not perfection.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.”

“Advice," Doa Vorchenza chuckled. "Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at sev...”

“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”

“Success is the prosperity of the soul”

“Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”