I Always Feel That There Is A

There's More To Life Than Just Surviving . . . But . . . Sometimes Just Surviving Is All You Get

There's Never An Easy Route To The Things That Matter.

The Puppet Thinks: It's Not So Much What They Make Me Do As Their Hands Inside Me.

It's Not The Work Or The Personality Of The Founder Of A Religion That's Important, But What Its Followers Do With What They Learn.

The Only Real Reason For Self-referencing Is The Fun Factor. It's Fun For The Writer, Getting Little Peeks At What Old Characters Might Be Up To. And It's Fun For Readers To Spot A Familiar Face, Or Pick Up On A Made-up Book Title Or Something From An Earlier Story. I Don't Know That It Does -- Or Even Should -- Contribute To The Story In Hand Being Any Better Than It Would Have Been Without It.