"I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read."This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons."
"I am, he thought dimly, watching a vampire take a piss."
"Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."
"Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up."
"It is the tale, not he who tells it."
"Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze."