Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the ….

But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everythin….

Life is a jest of the Gods and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh… or else you'll weep yourself to death..

The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship..

I'll happily mentor anyone who wants mentoring, and most of that goes on by internet rather than face to face..

Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away from what you're writin….

Because there could not be peace, not while two tribes shared one land. One tribe must win. Even the nailed god cannot change that truth. And I was a….

So far it's 43 books in 25 years..

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and pr….

Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a ….

Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish..

There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the ne….

Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't it? Wil….

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to ….

‎Our ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They came across the sea and they ….

Every day is ordinary, until it isn't..

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations..

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic..

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerlead….

A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy..

You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up..