If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
How noble. Oh we would fell many...-you with magic and blade, whilst my weapons would be tooth and claw-but it would be… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
If he fancied her anymore," Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, "I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself." "Saphira!" Mortified, Eragon swatted her… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“Clear your mind of such thoughts. They cannot be answered and will make you no happier.” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
We are about to change history, said Saphira. We’re throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I don't discuss my own beliefs in public, but I will say the beliefs I've given my characters do not necessarily represent what I… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“Islanzadi sighed, and suddenly appeared tired. “Ormomis may have been your proper teacher, but you have proved yourself to be Brom’s heir, not Oromis’s.… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“You worry about a crack in the floor while the whole mountain is about to come down on us!” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“The only thing she could be certain of was that she existed. All else was suspect, even her own thoughts.” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“But you possess one quality that no one else does. Oh? Your identity. Your history, deeds and situation. Use those to shape your creation… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image