David Farland Quotes

#1. There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.

David Farland

#2. Dedicated to helping you create strong, vibrant, and beautiful fiction

David Farland

#3. Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising things, and so on. In other words, as a writer, you have to be more than a stylist. You need to learn to become a master of storytelling.

David Farland

#4. His mouth is for export and his head has no entrance.

Douglas Feaver

#5. I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really does want to make a difference.

Aunjanue Ellis

#6. Nothing is different here and now than it used to be: The people whom I need most are gone, and the ones who remain do nothing to help me get to where I need to go. Different names, different faces, but the end result is still the same.

Allison Winn Scotch

#7. Kids need to be equipped for that. They need to learn to use that technology to keep the new economy going.

Dennis Moore

#8. When I first met Sean Connery he was as charming and wonderful as I first anticipated. I left Rome thinking: even if I don't do this, at least I have had a day with Sean.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

#9. Her wild heart was rare, she saw blessings were most saw burdens & if one thing was certain; her smile was like a flower in the sunshine

Nikki Rowe

#10. Everything in nature is a puzzle until it finds its solution in man, who solves it in some way with God, and so completes the circle of creation.

Theodore T. Munger

#11. Brandon Sanderson is the real thing-an exciting storyteller with a unique and powerful vision. ELANTRIS is one of the finest debuts I've seen in years.

David Farland

#12. There is a danger in exposing yourself to too much vapid art. It can weaken your judgment and erode your sensibilities, until the time comes when you see things that are merely passable, and somehow think that they're good.

David Farland

#13. You've got to rely on people that you trust and you love.

Will Arnett

#14. You born to be happy, so love everyone like a happy puppy.

Debasish Mridha

#15. When we talk about democracy, if the people's stomach is empty, democracy is also empty. Democracy can not be installed by fiat; it must be achieved by the people themselves.

Y. C. James Yen

#16. Pay attention to the sound of words.

David Farland

#17. It wasn't closure, really. But I'd said the right things. I'd hit on some truths. Maybe some things didn't get closure. Maybe some things weren't really worth it, or didn't really need it, and after a while the unimportance would become obvious.

Vee Hoffman

#18. But everyone has a touch of madness, and those who can't admit it are usually farther gone than the rest of us.

David Farland

#19. I think, How small my life seemed then. How little I wanted for myself. How little I expected of myself and those who claimed to love me.

Liza Palmer

#20. And there in the blue air I saw for the first time, far off, the great snowy tops of the Rocky Mountains. I had to get to Denver at once.

Jack Kerouac

#21. I eventually figured out that a cigarette is nothing more than a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper - with fire at one end and an idiot at the other!

Si Robertson

#22. Writers change the world one heart, one mind, at a time. That should be enough to keep us going.

David Farland

#23. Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you.

David Farland

#24. Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism.

Newt Gingrich

#25. We all become lost children at one time or another.When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.

David Farland