Kristine Kathryn Rusch Quotes

#1. I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes.

Maynard Webb

#2. Reese, honey, victims are victims when they remain quiet. They gain power when they speak out.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#3. I like to invest in companies where I can really add value from my experience, network, etc., so checking out my portfolio of other investments, and my background, will generally give some guidance there.

David S. Rose

#4. The companionship of a secret is often corruptive to good habits, such as sleep and appetite.

Marjorie Benton Cooke

#5. Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!

Dick Clark

#6. Patiently persevere in the face of hardship hoping for a good outcome because you never know how many dead hearts you will bring to life in the process. No hardship lasts forever. There is always an end.

Babar Ahmad

#7. [Discipline i]t's the ability to overcome the urge to grab the bright and shiny and interesting to finish what you've started.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#8. Indie writers who promote their book instead of writing the next book are wasting their time. The more books you've written, the more books you'll sell. That's how it works. That's how it's always worked.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#9. The writing seemed like the books that held it; crumbly and antique and bearing the stink of centuries. Still, it was compelling. His voice was smooth and kind, and once in a while an observation that would ring so true it vibrated like flicked crystal.

Lauren Groff

#10. Please!" I stop my pacing, glare at him. "Is that all you can think about at a time like this?"
Gabriel rolls up on one elbow and smiles at me. "I'm a guy. It's what I think about all the time.

Carolyn MacCullough

#11. At this point I meet Me face to face. I am Mary MacLane: of no importance to the wide bright world and dearly and damnably important to Me.

Mary MacLane

#12. Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#13. Publicity doesn't work for books. It really doesn't. All it does is get your name in front of a reader who might then glance at your book. Or not.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#14. If you're going to get Twitter just to write mean things: don't get Twitter, get a life!

Kiran Mathew

#15. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

Dave Barry

#16. Write. Publish. Repeat.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#17. The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#18. Rod Clark has one of the most unique voices I have ever encountered. I still quote some of his political insights years later. To have him write political science fiction is both appropriate and intriguing.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#19. When opportunity knocks all some people can do is complain about the noise.

Bill Maher

#20. For each rule of thumb, there is something that breaks that rule.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#21. It was in the nature of this sacrifice that it should appear to be pointless in the normal world, the world of material success.

Viktor E. Frankl

#22. Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#23. I've qualified second I don't know how many times. Qualifying isn't my strong suit.

Greg Biffle

#24. Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#25. As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your voice, your style, and your way of thinking. That's all. People can mimic your style, but they can never achieve your unique point of view.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#26. Rebels learn the rules better than the rule-makers do. Rebels learn where the holes are, where the rules can best be breached. Become an expert at the rules. Then break them with creativity and style.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#27. I am one of the heretics who believes that art must be enjoyed first and analyzed later.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

#28. The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'

Kristine Kathryn Rusch