You Know How Chickens Are,

If Writers Learn More From Their Books Than Do Readers, Perhaps I May Have Begun To Learn.

I Can't Single Out One Of My Books Or Characters As A Favorite. In The Same Way That I Don't Have A Favorite Kidney, My Books Are Organically All Part Of Myself. I Might Even Say That Put All Together, The Books Are One Ongoing, Developing Story - Which, Not Coincidentally, Happens To Be My Own Lifestory.

A Taste For Adventure Is By No Means A Masculine Monopoly.

Trust Your Luck, Taran Wanderer. But Don't Forget To Put Out Your Nets!

A Crown Is A Pitiless Master, Harsher Than The Staff Of A Pig-keeper; While A Staff Bears Up, A Crown Weighs Down, Beyond The Strength Of Any Man To Wear It Lightly.