Holly Black

I don't feel prolific. I feel like I'm plodding along. Each day you sit down, and you hope that you get your work done.

The problem with faerie gifts is that they always come with a price, which is why they are made by the desperate and the foolish.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

There are lots of procedural shows that I love, but I never really wanted to be a doctor on 'E.R.' - which I'm just picking as an example - or be on a crime procedural.

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan.