“I’m so happy Sazed included me in his little book so that drunk people can curse by my name.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That was one nice thing about books and notes. They could always wait for another time.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Lately, I feel like my life is a book written in a language I don't know how to read. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Elend: I kind of lost track of time… Breeze: For two hours? Elend: There were books involved. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Novels aren’t just happy escapes; they are slivers of people’s souls, nailed to the pages, dripping ink from veins of wood pulp.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I try to avoid having thoughts. They lead to other thoughts, and—if you’re not careful—those lead to actions. Actions make you tired.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Banning books is tricky business, Vin—the more stink the Ministry makes about a text, the more attention it will draw, and the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I spent years in a graduate literature program learning what makes great writing, and the only conclusion we came to was that… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Remember, despite the fact that this book is being sold as a 'fantasy' novel, you must take all of the things it… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The book was written to embody an ideal. It was given to people who already had momentum in doing what was right.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Spook smiled. "Elend is a forgetful scholar - twice as bad as Sazed ever was. He gets lost in his books and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp. Wouldn't you agree?… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Everyone always talks about the magic of books being able to take you to other places, to let you see exotic worlds,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
By now, it is probably very late at night, and you have stayed up to read this book when you should have… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“People don't read anymore. And, when they do, they don't read books like this one, but instead read books that depress them,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They tried boiling books, but that didn't work very well." "I'm surprised they haven't tried boiling one another." "Oh, it's been tried,"… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It soon became obvious, even with9in the stedding, that the Pattern was grwoing frail. The sky darkened. Our dead appeared, standing in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, I know that some of you Hushlanders have trouble counting to three. (The Librarian- controlled schools don't want you to be… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Adults are not idiots often in books such as this one, the opposite impression is given. Adults in those stories will either… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You learned this,” Kabsal said, lifting up her drawing of Jasnah, “from a book.” “Er…yes?” He looked back at the picture. “I… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What did it mean to be called “lord”? I’ll assume you’ve never had the honor, since I doubt any of you happen… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Why, Elend! That’s almost romantic—in a twisted ‘I’m going to make my wife want to kill me’ sort of way.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elantris was the one place where she could remember feeling unconditional acceptance. She had not been a princess, she had been something far better… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elend smiled. "Oh, come on. You have to admit that you're unusual, Vin. You're like some strange mixture of a noblewoman, a street urchin,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That is always how it is, though, isn't it?” Shuden asked. “Those who can least afford extravagance seem to be the ones most determined… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“He says he’s letting the Stormfather judge you,” Moash added. “Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will….”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The stories say the Nightwatcher might be capable of that. . . . Powerful spren. Vast spren.’ ‘Is he calling me vast?’ Syl said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
