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
Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great.
By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism
Most of the heroes we remember we remember only because they won. To win you must be ruthless. Single-minded ... which was why he had no friends just admirers.
A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.
Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.
If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.
When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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..
Death haunts everyone and never fails.
What is life if a man cannot count on his friends when he has gone mad?