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If you dare nothing, then when the day is over, nothing is all you will have gained.

When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.

Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.

I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too inflexible.

Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure. Face your life, It's pain, It's pleasure, Leave no path untaken.

Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.

Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.

You have a very open relationship with your fans. Yes. We have an open relationship. Obviously they can see other authors if they want, and I can see other readers.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.

So many things to see, people to do.

Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.