What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons.

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.

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.

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

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

So, wonder! I also wonder about you, " said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?

Meditation brings Nirvana, and Nirvana brings Buddhahood.

When you're in love, there's nothing that can embarrass or surprise you.

I love Mickey Rourke. I think he's an all-American classic. He's great.

When you have children your house smells very unpleasant all the time.

Not going to give casual worship to a God of extravagant beauty and grace!

Meet the world with the fullness of your being, and you shall meet God. Of you wish to believe, love.

When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams of trying to deceive or trick him.

I don't think anybody does anything anymore without commenting on why they're doing it or making fun of it as they're doing it.