I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to an….

The Magicians brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking what’s simple on the surface and turning it over to show u….

All of a sudden, I sort of started to feel that I was constrained by the characters as opposed to enjoying them. And that remains for me to this day ….

Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold..

Temeraire-- Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray eat somethi….

Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!.

As a novelist you have just unlimited budget, total creative control. You really get to have your cake - all the cake - and then you can have a secon….

It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliamen….

The gate is perfectly simple," Temeraire said. "There is only a bar across the fence, which one can lift very easily, and then it swings open; Nitidu….

It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck..

Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will..

What could make the Napoleonic Wars more exciting? Dragons..

I do not care if they do not like me," he said. "Maybe then they will let me alone, and I will not have to stay in China." The thought visibly struck….

Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I thi….

You can actually muck with history and think about what if, why not. What if there were dragons in the Incan Empire that allowed them to resist colon….

I will see you bereft of all that you have, of home and happiness and beautiful things. I will see your nation cast down and your allies drawn away. ….

I ended up rooming in a dorm that was basically a solid wall of female scientists. And every Wednesday, we would all watch "Star Trek: Next Generatio….

The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-pa….

I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat." "The devil!" Berkley sai….

Well, I would have struck him, but I would have had to get up. You have no notion how difficult it is to arrange skirts when sitting down; it took me….

And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant by duty, all along; I do understand….