For Wayfarers Still Journeying, For Wanderers At

I Came To Fantasy Fairly Late. For Some Ten Years, I Had Been Happily Writing Fiction And Non-fiction For Adults. But I Always Loved Fantasy, Whether For Adults Or Young People; And At That Particular Point In My Life, I Wanted To Try It, To Understand It, As Part Of The Process Of Learning To Be A Writer. The Results Were Beyond Anything I Could Have Foreseen. As I've Said Often And Elsewhere, It Was The Most Creative And Liberating Experience Of My Life.

Most Cats Do Not Approach Humans Recklessly. The Possibility Of Concealed Weapons, Clods Or Sticks, Tend To Make Them Reserved. Homeless Cats In Particular-with Some Justification, Unfortunately-consider Humans Their Natural Enemies. Much Ceremony Must Be Observed, And A Number Of Diplomatic Feelers Put Out, Before Establishing A State Of Truce.

...righteousness [is] Always More Believable When Combined With Dreariness.

Most Of Us Are Called On To Perform Tasks Far Beyond What We Can Do. Our Capabilities Seldom Match Our Aspirations, And We Are Often Woefully Unprepared. To This Extent, We Are All Assistant Pig-keepers At Heart.

Just Because You've Seen Something Doesn't Mean You'll Stop Looking. There's Always Something You Didn't See Before.