Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
BRANDON SANDERSONNormally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
BRANDON SANDERSONI take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
BRANDON SANDERSONYet she was beginning to think that she– along with others– had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.
BRANDON SANDERSONYou first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away.
BRANDON SANDERSONTo live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain–leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.
BRANDON SANDERSONRuin still used Reen’s voice-it was familiar, something that had always seemed a part of her. Discovering that it belonged to that thing…it was like finding out that her reflection really belonged to someone else, and that she’d never actually seen herself.
BRANDON SANDERSONYou know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends – when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
BRANDON SANDERSONFinally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn’t led you better.
BRANDON SANDERSONWell, then,” he said. “Let’s do it.” “What?” Vin asked. “Save the world.” Elend said. “Stop the ash.
BRANDON SANDERSONA man was defined not by his flaws, but by how he overcame them.
BRANDON SANDERSONimaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people’s lives.
BRANDON SANDERSONMarsh: Our best efforts were never even a mild annoyance to the Lord Ruler.” Kelsier: Ah, but being an annoyance is something that I am very good at. In fact.
BRANDON SANDERSONThere are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
BRANDON SANDERSONBeing polite to a person is not a sign of respect for them. It is merely a sign of a good upbringing and a balanced nature.
BRANDON SANDERSONThe best performances, are those that can be performed once.
BRANDON SANDERSONWhat is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly…timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.
BRANDON SANDERSON