I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile. (Le surplus du coeur - Déborde d'un sourire)

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.