Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes - Page 6

Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.

Seventy percent of a first draft is garbage and 30 percent is gold, but you have to write 100 percent to get that 30.

But if anything will turn me off, it's a very practiced approach, as if the man has done it a thousand times before, to a lot of different women. Which always seems to imply that I am no different from all the rest. Not flattering.

That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six.

If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

When in doubt, ignore and be horribly unimpressed

I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time

She stared up at me, and there was something in her eyes, something that said we finally had an understanding. She was afraid of me, and sometimes that’s the best you can do with people. I’d tried kindness. I’d tried friendship. I’d tried respect. But when all else fails, fear will do the job.

Stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

Hatred is a cold fire, and it gives no warmth.

We aren't the good guys, Anita. We're the necessary guys. -Edward

It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.

It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one word does begin a novel, and from that small beginning everything else follows. Even if it's just 'The', write something on that blank page.

I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.

When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all.

What is it about her that is so goddamned special?

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.