David Gemmell
David Gemmell
David Andrew Gemmellwas a British author of heroic fantasy, best known for his debut, Legend. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984. He went on to write over thirty novels. Gemmell's works display violence, yet also explore themes of honour, loyalty and redemption. There was always a strong heroic theme but nearly always the heroes were flawed in some way. With over one million copies sold, his work continues to sell...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth1 August 1948
When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
If you want to fight evil, you have to climb down in the slime to do so.
Hate is the father of all evil.
Our modern world, though infinitely more complex than that of ancient Greece, is also far more superficial. Where the Greeks offered simple psychological training, we live in an age of style and spin in which perceptions of good and evil slither and shift with the political view of the moment.
Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.
There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.
I make little distinction betwee those who commit evil and those who stand by and do nothing.
Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it, you must climb down into the slime to do so. White cloaks show the dirt more thank black, and silver tarnishes.
If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.
Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
The point is [...] that you never know whether you've lost until you've lost. Anything can happen.
They dont understand what real treasure is. They see it in gold and copper, and tin. They see in herds of horses or cattle. They gather treasures to themselves, building great storehouses, which they guard ferociously. Then they die. What good is it then?
I am a stranger. You do not need to lie to me or pretend. Only with friends do you need masks..