Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb is a pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, an American writer. She is best known for the books set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which started in 1995 with the publication of Assassin's Apprentice, the first book in the Farseer trilogy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 March 1952
CityBerkeley, CA
CountryUnited States of America
epics spectrum tales umbrella vampires wide
Fantasy encompasses a wide, wide spectrum of writing. We have beast fables, we have gothics, we have tales of vampires and werewolves, and we have sword and sorcery; we have epics from Homer, and there is just so much out there that we put under the umbrella of 'fantasy.'
novels
I actually think that short stories transfer to film much better than novels do.
began fantasy passion reading time
I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy.
mistake risk path
Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes.
blank fingers front funny keys paper screen sheet sit work
Not intending to be funny: I sit at the keyboard, put my fingers on the keys and go. To me, it's the real secret of writing. Put yourself in front of the screen or the blank sheet of paper and get to work.
giants lots
Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.
ease today poison
Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.
silence tongue asks
Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one.
journey yesterday goes-on
Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey.
gloves fists velvet
Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.
yesterday tomorrow
Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.
truth cutting pieces
When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.
kings pain simple
Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own. Wolves have no kings
night promise world
There is a dead spot in the night, that coldest, blackest time when the world has forgotten evening and dawn is not yet a promise. A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.