Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me.

For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were so few alternatives available. Readers who loved Tolkien, and who were not satisfied by Terry Brooks, had nowhere else to turn.

The portal structure is simply a technique: it is neither necessary nor unnecessary, except as the writer and the story make it so. In the case of 'The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant,' it was absolutely necessary to my intentions.

He had no idea where he was headed, but he knew he had to go. On each breath that panted through his locked teeth, he whispered hate as if it were a question.

Dark trees leaped across his vision like aghast dancers in the nacreous light.

In your present state, Chosen, Desecration lies ahead of you. It does not crowd at your back.

You did not cause his despair. Had you treated him with distrust, you would have achieved nothing but the confirmation of his distress. Distrust – vindicates itself.

Whatever the explanation, it’s perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it’s a babysitting service designed to replicate the worst qualities of the parents.

When inadequate men assumed huge burdens, the outcome could only serve Despite.

Pardon me that I have feared for you. Fear is born in doubt, and you have not merited my doubt.