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The abbot cleared his throat. "You are all very stupid people," he told them graciously, "and you do not know anything at all.

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CHORONZON "I am anti-life, the beast of judgement. I am the dark at the end of everything. The end of universes, Gods, worlds... of everything. And wh...more

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The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"

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People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and ...more

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The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your i

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As we write we summon little demons.

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Richard put away the Narnia books, convinced, sadly, that they were an allegory; that an author (whom he had trusted) had been attempting to slip some...more

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He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself safe and whole as he tried. H...more

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There was a moment of hesitation, and then her mouth opened against his, and her tongue slid into his mouth, and he was, under the strange stars, utte...more

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It was sometimes said that the grey-and-black mountain range which ran like a spine north to south down that part of Faerie had once been a giant, who...more

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We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe it to our readers to build them as be...more

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...Come home, Bod.' ‘I think . . . I said things to Silas. He’ll be angry.’ ‘If he didn’t care about you, you couldn’t upset him,’ was all she said.

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Silas consumed only one food, and it was not bananas.

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Each of the dancers took a partner, the living with the dead, each to each. Bod reached out his hand and found himself touching fingers with, and gazi...more

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Have you ever been in love? Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone c...more