A Magician Is Strong Because

And I'm Not As Young As I Once Was. At My Age, I Don't Have Time To Be Bored.

Being A Writer Can Be Isolating. It's Good To Be Among Readers And Booksellers.

Being Brave Was Easy When You Would Rather Die Than Give Up.

When The Oldest Chatwin, Melancholy Martin, Opens The Cabinet Of The Grandfather Clock That Stands In A Dark, Narrow Back Hallway In His Aunt’s House And Slip Through Into Fillory...it’s Like He’s Opening The Covers Of A Book, But A Book That Did What Books Always Promised To Do And Never Ac Tually Quite Did: Get You Out, Really Out, Of Where You Were And Into Something Better.

Maybe This Was One Of Those Times When Being A Hero Didn’t Involve Looking Particularly Brave. It Was Just Doing What You Should.