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
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.
hero fool boast
Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do 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.
opportunity men change-for-the-better
Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. ‘They change back.
book stories firsts
'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided to begin with Everest.