Oh, the boots were on the other eight feet now. Jonathan Stroud More Quotes by Jonathan Stroud More Quotes From Jonathan Stroud I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had six years' experience, I had five thousand and ten. That was the kind of odds that you could do something with. Jonathan Stroud odds names years Haven't you done enough for a lifetime? Think about it - two power - crazed magicians killed, a hundred power - crazed magicians saved. Jonathan Stroud done two thinking I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality. Jonathan Stroud fighting ordinary reality We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told. Jonathan Stroud our-society growing-up stories That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland Jonathan Stroud hug kissing fire So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. Jonathan Stroud departed smell leaving What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness? Jonathan Stroud drunkenness gathering That's usuаllу hоw thеу start, thе young оnеs. Meaningless waffle. Jonathan Stroud waffles meaningless young I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes. Jonathan Stroud like jokes talking way I got fairly good grades, but I was bad at woodwork. They said I tried hard, but the result was hopeless. Jonathan Stroud result bad good grades I used to have quite long hair, and I decided that I wanted to get it cut. I'd never met the person who did it, and she cut it into some kind of dreadful mullet. It looked like a triangle on my head. The other kids were merciless. Jonathan Stroud never long-hair hair long When I think about my ideal free day, it usually involves going into London and sitting in a nice coffeehouse with cake and coffee, but I would probably still have my notebook in my pocket. Jonathan Stroud day think cake coffee I had a big fight in my first week in secondary school. There was a kid in the year above who was nasty to me, and we ended up having a scrap. I can remember thinking that there was going to be some serious bloodshed if we didn't stop, so I made a decision to walk away. It was a difficult thing to do, but the most sensible. Jonathan Stroud walk fight me thinking My wife gave me a year to start making money out of writing, and after six months, I'd made not a bean. Suddenly, the books took off, and the beans started coming in! Jonathan Stroud start me wife money I like using traditional beliefs in my fantasies, even though I always end up warping them to suit my purpose: it somehow makes everything feel more 'solid' if it's got a long history behind it. Jonathan Stroud end feel long history
