Joe Abercrombie quotes

Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it. (Joe Abercrombie)

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Joe Abercrombie

If life has taught me one thing, it's that there are no villains. Only people, doing their best.

Joe Abercrombie

I think the further away you get from completing a book, the more responses you see to it from readers, the more your own tastes and opinions shift and the more you start to see things you could have written differently in the detail, or done differently on the broader scale of plot and character.

Joe Abercrombie

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.

Joe Abercrombie

I span the entire geek spectrum.

Joe Abercrombie

I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about those and the way that they can surprise you. And obviously to surprise people and to have twists in the tale, you have to plan quite carefully.

Joe Abercrombie

'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.

Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie

Occupation: Writer
Quotes count: 8

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