Every story needs some sort of secret that impels it forward. Otherwise why would the reader bother to keep on turning the pages?

In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.

Tangaloor, fire-brightFlame-foot, farthest walkerYour hunter speaksIn need he walksIn need, but never in fear.

Leaders must be good listeners. It’s rule number one, and it’s the most powerful thing they can do to build trusted relationships.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody.

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.

The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human kind.

Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.

Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.

The most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson.