Though most expect young men to be fools, I’ve noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.
I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I’m glad it exists; I just don’t ever want to get stuck in it.
The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you’re always planning something.
And Vin liked solitude. When you’re alone, no one can betray you.
Everyone is either happy or dead.
Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.
A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don’t blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They’re precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?
That’s the point, isn’t it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We’ll win in the end.
I am what the universe made me to be, my dear.
My name is Stephen Leeds, and I am perfectly sane. My hallucinations, however, are all quite mad.
Using a fetching face to make men do as you wish is no different from a man using muscle to force a woman to his will. Both are base, and both will fail a person as they age.
It is very important to be reading as well as writing. A doctor is not going to ignore new surgery practices.
Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.
The number 1 thing that I don’t want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.
My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.
Nothing will train you better as a writer than working on your next book.
Bitterness is repaid more often than kindness.
Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it’s never going to be perfect on your first pass.