The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.

All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.