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
mad paper nails
At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips.
possession possessed arrested
Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed?
needs said prostate
You need a prostate to understand,” I said.
fun bad-thoughts ifs
If you can't stop the bad thoughts from coming to visit, at least you can make fun of them while they're hanging around.
knights games looks
This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.
purple faces potatoes
Your face looks like a sack of purple potatoes
ambition court persons
Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. "That's a question rarely asked here at court." "And why is that?" "Because a woman of conscience would tell you that she is a person of conscience. A woman of ambition would tell you that she is a person of conscience—only much more convincingly.
real believe thinking
I can't believe I'm about to say this," I said. "So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?
ease martyr throttle
Ease off the martyr throttle.
night evil said
Oh, I get it," I said. "You're Evil Harry, lurking inside Good Harry. Right? And you only come out at night?
hate ambition hands
I hate what you represent." ... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the hands of those like you.
bird coal nervous
...as nervous as a bird in a coal mine.
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.
moon people dying
Well. We’ll just have to hope that this wasn’t a loup-garou, I guess.” “If it was a louper, you’d know,” Bob said wisely. “In the middle of this town, you’d have a dozen people dead every time the full moon came around. What’s going on?” “A dozen people are dying every time the full moon comes around.