Quotes by Brent Weeks

About Brent Weeks:

Brent Weeks is an American fantasy writer. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with The Blinding Knife in its first month, September 2012.
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A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint

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Dad, one of my first memories is of sharing my worry with you about the space shuttle poking holes in the atmosphere and letting out all of Earth's air.

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It had better be. It doesn't do much when it's soft.

Brent Weeks

Nekünk áldozatunk van. Miért nevezzük áldozatnak? Mert amikor elfogadunk egy megbízást, az illető hátralévő rövidke élete puszta formaság.

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Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

Brent Weeks

Az olyanok, mint ön, nem jönnek el hozzánk, csupán egy életen át tehetetlennek érzik magukat, mintha valami többre lennének hivatottak, mint amik valójában, de soha nem tudnak áttörni ezen.

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Ha a könnycseppek képesek lettek volna félúton lecsordulva megfagyni, hát az övéi megtették volna

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The perfect killer has no friends. Only targets.

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It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting to only write about red-headed kids who grew up in small town Montana. That's really part of the fun of fantasy, I think. ...

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Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a good author, and you've challenged yourself, and you're telling big stories, there's more and more that's trying to get away from you s...

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I think that fiction is an excellent place for us to struggle with questions of good and evil, and humanity and inhumanity.

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'The Black Prism' is a story about two brothers who respect and fear and admire and contend with and shape each other. In other words, it's a story of normal brothers - who happen to be in extraordinary circumstances.

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My writing has a lot of surprising twists.

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Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.

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'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive.

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Assassination is an art, milord, and I am the city’s most accomplished artist - Durzo Blint

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What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.

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I think of rounds of editing as hammer time. Then, when they interrupt my writing, I can say... *shakes head* Nah, I just can't do it. Although when I come across a brilliant line, I do think, Can't touch this. And when I'm worried I'm overwriting a ...

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Author Bio

  • NameBrent Weeks
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMarch 7, 1977
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist