Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

Authors write books for one, and only one, reason: because we like to torture people.

Power was nothing without control.

“Wasing not of wasing is,”

I guess now we know the origin of Spook’s slang. That’s quite a talent.

It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus we get a kickback from the caffeine industry.

The ending of a book is, in my experience, both the best and the worst part to read. For the ending will often determine whether you love or hate the book. Both emotions lead to disappointment. If the ending was good, and the book was worth your time, then you are left annoyed and depressed because there is no more book to read. However, if the ending was bad, then it’s too late to stop reading. You’re left annoyed and depressed because you wasted so much time on a book with a bad ending.