“What I do is write stuff that I think is cool, which is what every good writer does. A hack will write what he thinks will sell. A good writer will write stuff that he thinks is cool, to the best of his ability. There are a lot of things I think are cool. And cloaks and swords — rapiers in particular — are definitely on the list. That doesn’t mean every book has them, but that’s what I gravitate toward.” [Steven Brust]