Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours. — 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
“That was one nice thing about books and notes. They could always wait for another time.” — 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
If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You can’t always write what you know—not exactly what you know. You can, however, write what you see.” — 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
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
Remember that your job as a practicing writer is to remember it's never going to be perfect on your first pass. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image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
“Personally, Vin didn't find the library's location nearly as asuming as its contents. Or, rather, lack thereof. Though the romm was lined… — 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 am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The study's small ventilation window bumped open, and Vin squeezed through, pulling in a puff of mist behind her. She closed the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Now you may have gotten the impression that there are absolutely no uses for Librarians. I'm sorry if I implied that. Librarians… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“For me, if I have writer’s block it means I know that what I am writing is not working quite right and… — 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
“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
