Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombieis a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of The First Law trilogy and other related works of fantasy. In 2014 he published Half a King, the first book in his new Shattered Sea series, which won the 2015 Locus Award for best Young Adult book...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
mean men rallying-cry
Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave.
geek spectrum
I span the entire geek spectrum.
book thinking way
Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be wired in such a way that they'd come up with that?
pain steel pity
Good steel bends, but never breaks. Good steel stays always sharp and ready. Good steel feels no pain, no pity, and above all, no remorse
tasks
Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.
war fighting winning
I've made peace with myself. Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win. Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.
stupidity luck selfishness
There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.
laughing moments should
You should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.
disappointment misery life-is
Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.
choices looks path
One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.
mean writing advice
As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.
coward fool hard
Hard words are for fools and cowards.
son waiting advice
Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.
war loses
Those with the least always lose the most in war.