Mike > Mike's Quotes

“I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book, it increases the chance that he or she will look at mine. So there is no competition between writers. Another writer's success helps build a larger readership for all of us.”
― David Farland

“There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.”
― David Farland, The Wizard of Ooze

“Just fear me and love me...and do as I say...and I will be your slave.”
― A.C.H. Smith, Labyrinth: A Novel Based on the Jim Henson Film

“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Strange things are said to have happened in this world — some are said to be happening still — but half of them, if I'm any judge, are lies.”
― James P. Blaylock, Paper Dragons

“Not all librarians are evil cultists. Some librarians are instead vengeful undead who want to suck your soul.”
― Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz Smedry), Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones

“‎"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker

“Poems are a hotline to our hearts, and we forget this emotional power at our peril.”
― Andrew Motion

“If you look upon ham and eggs and lust, you have already committed breakfast in your heart.”
― C.S. Lewis