“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority. ”

“The common belief that everyone can do anything if they just try hard enough is a formula for inefficiency at best and for complete failure at worst.”

“I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength.[From a 1986 Fangoria interview]”

“FESTIVITY BREEDS CREATIVITY. RIGIDITY BREEDS DESPAIR”

“There has been only one Christmas -- the rest are anniversaries.”

“Merlyn has guns from 500 years in the future!!!”

“It was strange to see someone you have only known alone begin interacting with other people, for that somebody known to you disappears and is replaced by a different, more complex, person. You watch him revolve in this new company, revealing new facets, and there is nothing you can do but hope you like these other sides as much as you like the side that seemed whole when it faced only you.”