Author World Thought Fantasy novels I thought I would set the world on fire when I got out of college. I had done quite well in a field that was growing. Unfortunately, we got hit with a recession in 1981. - R. A. Salvatore
Business I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively. - R. A. Salvatore
Experience Writing Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. - R. A. Salvatore
Trying Wrong I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong. - R. A. Salvatore
Diversity Today Years Now Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. - R. A. Salvatore
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal. - Jack Herer