The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
People see in stories what they’re looking for, my young friend. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I don't have much time for stories," Vin said. "Seems that fewer and fewer people do, these days." A canopy kept off… — 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
What did you put in the fire?" Kaladin said. "To make that special smoke?" "Nothing. It was just and ordinary fire." "But,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It's actually a rather romantic and dramatic story --- one I would eagerly tell you, except for the fact that I recently… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“People need stories, child. They bring us hope, and that hope is real. If that's the case, what does it matter whether… — 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
