Steven Brust
Steven Brust
Steven Karl Zoltán Brustis an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans living on a world called Dragaera. His recent novels also include The Incrementalists, with co-author Skyler White...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth23 November 1955
CountryUnited States of America
two decision action
But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision.
mean goal action
Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.
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Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off.
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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
american-author
Just because they really are out to get you doesn't mean you aren't paranoid.
until
It wasn't until I was working on 'Tacky' that I admitted to myself that I was writing a series.
listening wish wells
I have something to tell you." "How, you have something to tell me?" "You have understood me exactly." "Well, I am listening." "Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you?" "Yes, that is it. I am listening, and therefore I wish you to tell me." "Shall I tell you now?" "No.
powerful writing stories
Because here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world of here and now one is writing about. The better one understands that world, the more powerful the stories will be.
couple nice writing
One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it's kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.
two snow minneapolis
Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.
knives style wizards
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
sea numbers people
There are millions of ways for people to die, if you number each vital organ, each ways it can fail, all the poisons from the earth and the sea which can cause these failures.
eye people looks
I tend to close my eyes when I look at people anymore.
thinking tiny doe
That's what does it-- that moment where you think you're lost, and then discover that you're not, that you've never really left. There's something that happens in that incredible tiny no-time, and that something is like the revelation of learning.