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.

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 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.

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.