I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.

We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.

Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you.

I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.

Once you read a classic, you will start loving even the smell of the books.

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things.