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I have seen John Scalzi's pose-off picture. There are no words. There is only inarticulate whimpering.
— Jim C. Hines
Story was magic. Magic was story. Memory was also story, disparate events linked together in our mind to create a narrative.
— Jim C. Hines
I see words, I read them.
— Jim C. Hines
You don't do what's right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it's right.
— Jim C. Hines
Which reminds me, there's a vampire hand in your freezer's ice maker." Seeing my aghast expression, she added, "Don't worry. I double-bagged it.
— Jim C. Hines
Of course, once you had yanked Conan the Barbarian's sword out of a book to fight off a rabid weresquirrel, "impossible" lost a lot of its punch.
— Jim C. Hines
The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.
— Jim C. Hines
That is a trial I must face," Veka said.
"No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped. — Jim C. Hines
"No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped. — Jim C. Hines
Those forced to make impossible choices are rarely loved. If it's approval and reputation you care about, then you have no place here.
— Jim C. Hines
Trust is a choice. Actually, trust is more of a desperate, hopeful guess based on limited information.
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Smudge stood atop the water, burning as hot as I'd ever seen him and floating on a cushion of steam like a tiny, pissed-off hovercraft.
— Jim C. Hines
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in.
— Jim C. Hines
New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.
— Jim C. Hines
Bullying is not okay. Period.
— Jim C. Hines
A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.
— Jim C. Hines
There is no right choice. You chose. Your job now is to make the most of that choice.
— Jim C. Hines
That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?"
"I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it."
"Oh. — Jim C. Hines
"I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it."
"Oh. — Jim C. Hines
Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.
— Jim C. Hines
As was often the case, Magic just chuckled and kicked physics in the balls, leaving it groaning and wondering what just happened.
— Jim C. Hines
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.
— Jim C. Hines
If you really want to kill a libriomancer, hook a bomb up to a big red button and tell him not to press it
— Jim C. Hines
I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.
— Jim C. Hines
My name is Isaac Vainio," I said. "You smashed my library. Prepare to die."
Everything went better with Princess Bride references. — Jim C. Hines
Everything went better with Princess Bride references. — Jim C. Hines
The life of an adventurer appeared to consist of roughly six parts boredom to one part stark terror, or so it seemed to Jig.
— Jim C. Hines
Two libriomancers had been disciplined for trying to get an early copy of the last Harry Potter book.
— Jim C. Hines
I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.
— Jim C. Hines
Forget about what goblins would do. Forget about what an adventurer would do. I need to figure out what Jig should do.
— Jim C. Hines
Find the stories you love, and don't ever let anyone tell you you're wrong for loving them. If
— Jim C. Hines
I was amused to note that even vampires obeyed the unwritten rules of elevator etiquette.
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Prometheus had stolen fire from the gods and suffered the consequences. I had returned the gift of the gods, and the price had been my dreams.
— Jim C. Hines
Instead of Debbie Does Dallas, we get Gandalf Guts Goblins.
— Jim C. Hines
I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
— Jim C. Hines
Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.
— Jim C. Hines
Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.
[Blog post, March 12, 2012] — Jim C. Hines
[Blog post, March 12, 2012] — Jim C. Hines
Isaac, tell your girlfriend she can't bring weapons into holy-shit-your-spider's-on-fire!
— Jim C. Hines