Best Quotes by Steven Brust (Top 10)

  1. Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.
  2. No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
  3. It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.
  4. A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.
  5. The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.
  6. Most people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I'm not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior.
  7. To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.
  8. Plan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan.
  9. All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool.
  10. I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

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