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There's a tendency in American thought – maybe elsewhere, but that's the culture I know best – to default to social Darwinism, even though even Darwin noted that's a misapplication of his ideas.

Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy.

When I start a new novel, I often write 'test chapters' in different tenses and from different points of view in order to figure out which is best to tell the tale.

I was raised to be very wary of the police. I was raised to stay away from them unless you absolutely have to. Because they're dangerous.

I read a lot of history for fun.

It's hard out here for a fantasy writer, after all; there's all these 'rules' I'm supposed to follow, or the Fantasy Police might come and make me do hard labor in the Cold Iron Mines.

I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle.

Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

I write what feels real. I write things that are informed both by my own experience and by actual history.

Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?

I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.

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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.

I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.

You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.

Libya is divided into tribes and clans.

We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.

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