Even After SWORD Was PUBLISHED, I Was Still Only Thinking About The NEXT BOOK, Elfstones.

Reputations RISE And FALL ALMOST As Regularly As The TIDES.

I Don't Know Where Anyone Ever GOT The Idea That Technology, In And Of Itself, Was A Savior. LIKE All Human-created 'progress,' Computers Are Problematic, GIVING And Taking AWAY.

I'm The One Who's DATING The Craft-service GUY Instead Of The Producer. Plus, If A Producer Is Going To Date A Hot Young Thing, I'm Probably Not The First PERSON On Their List - The Weird, Quirky, FUNNY Girl.

Like The EARTH, The Web Is A Less Appealing PLACE Than It Used To Be. If I Want ATTITUDE And Arguing And Meanness And Profanity And Wrong Information Screamed At Me As GOSPEL, I'll Get In A Time MACHINE And Spend Christmas With My Family In 1977.

When Theology Erodes And Organization Crumbles, When The Institutional Framework Of RELIGION Begins To Break Up, The SEARCH For A DIRECT Experience Which PEOPLE Can Feel To Be Religious Facilitates The Rise Of Cults.

Compassion Is More Important Than Intellect In Calling FORTH The Love That The Work Of PEACE NEEDS, And Intuition Can OFTEN Be A Far More POWERFUL Searchlight Than Cold Reason.

I'm An Aries. Most Of The Time, WHETHER I WANT To Admit It Or Not, It Describes Me. I Don't Check My Horoscope Too OFTEN, But Most Of The Time, YES, I'm Fiery And Stubborn.

The Debt Of Gratitude We OWE Our MOTHER And Father GOES Forward, Not BACKWARD. What We Owe Our Parents Is The Bill Presented To US By Our Children.

Nuclear Is An IMPORTANT PART Of The HERITAGE Of DUKE. We Operate The Largest Regulated Nuclear Fleet In The U.S. We Love The Diversity Of The Generation.