Raymond E. Feist Quotes - Page 2

Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

Altruism accrues little benefit to those lying cold in the gutter.

You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.

Jigsaw Lady is the working title of a science fiction novel I've had in my head for darn near 15 years. I think I'll start work on it next year (in all my spare time) but I'd like to get it finished some day.

Neal had a couple of good ideas and they fit nicely, so that's the way I decided to go.

In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.

ATLANTA NIGHTS is sure to please the reader who enjoys this sort of thing.

The first love is the difficult love.

You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born.

Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

There were two things going on: 1) I had already established in my own mind where I wanted to go with the next series, and having James around as a Grey Eminence would have complicated matters. He had had an amazing life and it was time to bid him good-bye.

The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games and put them 'outside' of continuity or to integrate them. I chose the latter.