Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start to finish.

Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).

You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.

We all suffer from dreams

Writing is a solitary occupation.

Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.

But what I do know is this: you got to find your own places. The places you get, girl, the ones that stick in your heart. And if you’re lucky, you find people to share them with.

She seemed to be lovely still to herself, as if no amount of looking into mirrors could ruin her illusion.

Technology should be an important ingredient. It may be and should be a tool for social development.

It is bad taste for a poet to be coarse and hairy.

Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick." Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

I didn't mean to turn you on.

Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.

God always answers prayers. Sometimes it's 'yes.' Sometimes the answer is 'no.' Sometimes it's 'you gotta be kidding.

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.

Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.