“I don't go to mythical places with strange men.”

“Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.”

“Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once.”

“ELAINE: Go talk to her.GEORGE: Elaine, bald men, with no jobs, and no money, who live with their parents, don't approach strange women.Seinfeld episode "The Opposite”

“Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.”

“Years ago, when I was about to go on a book tour for Someplace to Be Flying, my editor at the time Terri Windling and I sat down to figure out what to call what I was writing for the interviews that were to come. Terri came up with the term mythic fiction and I think that sums it up perfectly. There are almost invariably mythic elements in my fiction (as well as bits of folk and faerie lore) and the term doesn’t lock me into writing only in an urban setting since many of my stories take place in rural areas. It never caught on, but when I don’t describe what I do as simply fiction, I’ll go with mythic fiction.”