Steven Brust Quotes

On this page you can find the TOP of Steven Brust's best quotes! We hope you will find some sayings from Author Steven Brust's in our collection, which will inspire you to new achievements! There are currently 44 quotes on this page collected since November 23, 1955! Share our collection of quotes with your friends on social media so that they can find something to inspire them!
All quotes by Steven Brust: Writing more...
  • I have something to tell you." "How, you have something to tell me?" "You have understood me exactly." "Well, I am listening." "Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you?" "Yes, that is it. I am listening, and therefore I wish you to tell me." "Shall I tell you now?" "No.

    Listening   Wish   Wells  
    Steven Brust (2010). “Iorich”, p.319, Macmillan
  • The novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff.

    Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.396, Macmillan
  • A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

    Ambition   Men   Waiting  
    Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.83, Macmillan
  • Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

    Two   Snow   Minneapolis  
  • But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision.

    Two   Decision   Action  
    Steven Brust (2002). “The Book of Taltos”, p.384, Penguin
  • No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

    Knives   Style   Wizards  
    Steven Brust (2003). “The Book of Athyra”, p.134, Penguin
  • A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.

    Clever   Mistake   Smart  
    Steven Brust (2010). “Iorich”, p.172, Macmillan
  • I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

    People   Want   Charming  
    Steven Brust (2011). “Tiassa”, p.128, Macmillan
  • I guess there's just a time for doing dumb things.

    Steven Brust (1987). “Yendi”, Ace Books
  • It's just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing.

    Want  
    Steven Brust (2010). “Iorich”, p.309, Macmillan
  • I'd rather be running the game than playing it.

    Running   Games  
    Steven Brust (2002). “Issola”, p.66, Macmillan
  • One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.

    Couple   Nice   Writing  
  • To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.

    Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.98, Macmillan
  • It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

    Men   Ideas   Evil  
    Steven Brust (2010). “Sethra Lavode”, p.324, Macmillan
  • He got up and walked out, so I missed seeing the powerful sorcerer doing his powerful sorcery, which would have involved him closing his eyes and then, I don't know, maybe taking a deep breath or something.

    Powerful   Eye   Sorcery  
  • What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time.

    Enemy   Waste   Weak  
    Steven Brust (2010). “Iorich”, p.191, Macmillan
  • The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

    Struggle   Mean   Defeat  
    Steven Brust (2009). “Five Hundred Years After”, p.525, Macmillan
  • Staring into the dragon's maw, one quickly learns wisdom.

  • Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

    Writing   Design   Use  
  • One man's mistake is another man's opportunity.

    Steven Brust (1999). “The Book of Jhereg”, p.97, Penguin
  • True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.

    Avoided  
    Steven Brust (1999). “The Book of Jhereg”, p.58, Penguin
  • Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

    Dragons   Speak  
    Steven Brust (1999). “The Book of Jhereg”, p.67, Penguin
  • There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

  • Everybody generalizes from one example. At least, I do.

    Example  
    Steven Brust (2002). “Issola”, p.201, Macmillan
  • Absolute truisms rot brains absolutely.[...]'Power corrupts' is useless as a tool for understanding the past, and gives us nothing as a guide to action.

  • All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.

    Book   Thinking   Degrees  
    Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.396, Macmillan
  • The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.

    Dark   Facts   Found  
    Steven Brust (2008). “The Phoenix Guards”, p.28, Macmillan
  • Because here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world of here and now one is writing about. The better one understands that world, the more powerful the stories will be.

  • The tools are real. The viewer is real, you, the artist, is real and a part of everything you paint. You connect yourself to the viewer by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All you have as your guide is that you know what moves you. All you have to do it with is a brush, some chemical and canvas, and technique.

    Real   Moving   Artist  
  • I’ve heard it said: ‘By his home you shall know him’; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the subject and auxiliary verb in his sentence.

    Home   Verbs   Attention  
Page 1 of 2
  • 1
  • 2
  • We hope you have found the saying you were looking for in our collection! At the moment, we have collected 44 quotes from the Author Steven Brust, starting from November 23, 1955! We periodically replenish our collection so that visitors of our website can always find inspirational quotes by authors from all over the world! Come back to us again!
    Steven Brust quotes about: Writing