Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold.

Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

As a novelist you have just unlimited budget, total creative control. You really get to have your cake - all the cake - and then you can have a second cake if you wanted to.

Temeraire-- Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray eat something --L.

I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.

Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.

What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons.

I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.

And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand, at least this much of it.

I'm an engineer and a writer. And I find that those two things are not uncomplementary.

Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidently anticipate utopia. Both are wrong.

I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work!

When you're feeling terrific, notify your face.

'Rights' are granted; 'duties' are enforced. To speak of rights and duties is to think in terms of authority.

Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday

Life's not about money. Look at achievements, accomplishments . It's about having fun. It's about enjoying life.

I'm very comfortable with the fact that there's only one person in charge of the Trump administration. It's President Donald Trump.

Unlikely things to see in a Valentine's card - "I may be dyslexic but that doesn't mean I don't vole you."

It is hard to look back and talk about a set of disjointed experiences as though they were part of one smooth progression.

You lose your immortality when you lose your memory.