Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher is an American author best known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He is also the author of the Codex Alera series, and the Cinder Spires series. Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1971. He is the youngest of three children, having two older sisters. He lives in Independence, MO, and has one son...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 October 1971
CountryUnited States of America
Jim Butcher quotes about
mortgage muse
I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.
animal joy lust
Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard.
book ideas trying
When a young writer comes up to me with an ambitious idea for a 20-book series, I usually tell him to maybe try something smaller to start off with.
want done ashamed
When you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?
thinking firsts fronts
Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
ostriches world sand
We're ostriches and the whole world is sand.
next next-time smoke
The next time you interfere with me, more than smoke will interfere with you.
judgment building treated
In my judgment, my buildings are less likely to burn to the ground during one of your visits if you are disoriented from being treated like a sultan.
lying love-you greatness
Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you
viewpoints way divergent
Discussing a problem with yourself is almost never a good way to secure a divergent viewpoint.
jesus victory complicated
You predicted quick victory. Now it’s going to get hopelessly complicated. Jesus, don’t you know any better than that by now?
kids world safe
I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.
war technology disease
but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem. Violence and crime and war were still problems. In spite of the advance of technology, things just hadn't changed the way everyone had hoped and thought they would.
i-can
I can't be under arrest now... I don't have time.