Can you be serious for two words?" "Not without effort. by Steven Brust

Can you be serious for two words?" "Not without effort.

Steven Brust

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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.

evil men ideas

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.

eccentric fashion understanding

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it. by Steven Brust

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.

design use writing

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.

defeat struggle mean

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon. by Steven Brust

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.

dragons speak

In our memories, there is a graveyard where we bury our dead. They all lie there together, the loved ones and the ones we hated, friends and foes and kin, with no distinction among them. We have to mourn every one of them, because our memories have made them as much a part of us as our bones or our skin. If we don't, we've no right to remember anything at all.

skins memories lying

You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could do nothing. But that is because your suffering has caused you to phrase the question in the wrong way.

events suffering needs

True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided. by Steven Brust

True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.

avoided

The others followed, and found themselves in a small, stuffy basement, which would have been damp, smelly, close, and dark, were it not, in fact, well-lit, which prevented it from being dark.

found dark facts

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.

please-me feelings people

One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.

nice couple writing

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair. by Steven Brust

Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

minneapolis snow two

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder bla... by Steven Brust

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.

wizards knives style

Because here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world of here and now one is writing about. The better one understands that world, the more powerful the stories will be.

powerful stories writing

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unint... by Steven Brust

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

goal action mean

Plan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan. by Steven Brust

Plan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan.

come-up should ideas

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes. by Steven Brust

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

reflexes no-excuses manners

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want. by Steven Brust

I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

charming want people

Absolute truisms rot brains absolutely.[...]'Power corrupts' is useless as a tool for understanding the past, and gives us nothing as a guide to action.

understanding giving past

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.

degrees book thinking