You Fear Them Because You Fear Death,

A Writer Is A Person Who Cares What Words Mean, What They Say, How They Say It... By Using Words Well They Strengthen Their Souls.

Other People's Stories May Become Part Of Your Own, The Foundation Of It, The Ground It Goes On.

To See A Candle's Light One Must Take It Into A Dark Place.

A Man Does Not Make His Destiny: He Accepts It Or Denies It.

After A Long Time Spent Learning How To Write As A Woman Instead Of As An Honorary Man, I Was Able To Come Back To Earthsea And Write The Next Three Books In Another And Newer Tradition: That Of Questioning, Rather Than Accepting, The Gendering Of Power As Male.