“Use your imagination. Trust me, your lives are not interesting. Don't write them down.”

“People don't lose their lives, Your Majesty. Their lives are taken from them, or else they lay them down themselves." And which will be your fate, Gabriel?"I'll lay mine down, Lady.”

“If you don't use your imagination someone else will use it for you.”

“Don't resist the urge to burn down the stronghold, kill off the main love interest or otherwise foul up the lives of your characters.”

“...[T]here should be a real sense of your imagination and your memories walking and woolgathering, tramping the hills, romping all over the place. Trust them. Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.”

“Having room to run and having just the space to use your imagination and create stories out of everyday life, I think that had a lot to do with me wanting write. And write songs”