One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.

People need other people to feel things for them, " she said. "It gets lonely to feel things all by yourself.

I didn't know how bad I felt, until I felt good.

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.

You were placed on earth to know God. Everything else is secondary.

I remember too, a distant bell...and stars that fell...like the rainout of the blue.

You can be whoever you choose to become in the future, just do it. Just see it and visualize it and every day of your life project that about yourself.

I believe in life you need to always ask for everything politely and nicely, and then if they say no you do what you wanted to do anyway

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavours when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients

You take care and I hope I'll run into you - when I'm driving.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.