And what rules of economy dictate that a boy without a foot is more whole than a girl without a tongue?

I don't believe in miracles, but if the need is great, a girl might make her own miracle.

The people you save won't celebrate you. They'll gather the wood and cheer while you burn.

Did we risk our lives to defend a just society, where guilt must be proven and not assumed? Or are we no better than the oppressive kings from whom our fathers fled?

Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.

The fuzzy boundary lines between different readership ages have always puzzled me, so these days I just write what comes, and assume I can fix the mess later with an editor's help.

I nod. Young love is not always forever. I know.

It's a cold world when no one will touch you.

I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well.

A miracle that can never be: your face, your hands, pledged to me.

I always want readers to lose themselves completely in a story and feel something, whatever the book invites them to feel. That experience is the best takeaway any book can offer.

Communication succeeds when you make others understand you clearly, and they make you understand them clearly.

Belief in the causal nexus is superstition.

Be comforted! If there are people who can't stand to be around you, just remember that darkness hates light and deceit hates truth.

Courtship is driven by hormones

Maybe home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you’re at your worst.

When I was coming up the DC Improv was considered the best Improv out there. It's always been high quality stuff coming out of there.

Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.

Take care, lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe.

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

I think that monogamy is artificial. I do not think it's something that comes naturally to us.