Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes - Page 11

If I was truly as brave as I thought I was, I'd have let him go. But I loved him, and I wasn't that brave.

I never said I was consistent.

Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I’d just like to meet one who’s human.

Oh, no, a leopard blew up and plastered itself all over everything, but hey, animal print was in this year.

Mercy will get you killed, but sometimes it's all that makes us human.

If you're dressed for my funeral, it's too casual. If it's just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.

You can never have too much coffee”, I said He turned and smiled at me. “You think so, but the rest of us get a little OD’ed on your level of caffeine.

I wanted to wipe the grin off his face with a fist. I resisted the urge. Who says I have no self-control?

Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read, what I like to write

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.

I wasn't like most girls.

Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a crisis to deal with. - Anita Blake

More sex. We must have more sex.

True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.

Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier.

Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.