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Patricia C. Wrede Quotes | Quotes said by Patricia C. Wrede

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #1

    (In reply to the question, 'Would you like some suggestions for a plot for your next book?')

    There are three problems with getting plot suggestions from other people. The first is that ideas are the easy part of writing; finding the time and energy to get them down on paper is the hard part. I have plenty of ideas already. Which brings me to the second problem: the ideas that excite you, the ones you think would make a terrific book, are not necessarily the same ideas that excite me. And if a writer isn't excited about an idea, she generally doesn't turn out a terrific book, even if the idea is terrific. And the third problem with my using your suggestions is that, theoretically, you could sue me if I did, and that tends to make publishers nervous, which makes it hard to sell a book. So thank you, but no.


  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #2

    Ballimore! Ballimore, where's the inkwell?' Dobbilan's voice echoed down the corridor, interrupting Cimorene in mid-sentence. 'Where are you? Why can't I find anything around here when I want it?'
    'Because you never look in the right place, dear,' Ballimore called. 'The inkwell is in the kitchen next to the grocery list, where it's been for the past six months, and I'm in the dining room. Which is where you'd be if you'd done what I asked you to, instead of wandering off in all directions.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #3

    Cecy, I do think it is unfair. People in novels are fainting all the time, and I never can, no matter how badly I need to.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #4

    Four of us,' said Morwen. The cats yowled. 'Yes, I know, and of course you're coming, but you can't carry a bucket of soapy water, so for the purposes of this discussion it doesn't matter,' she told them.
    The cats gave her an affronted look, turned their backs, and began making indignant little noises at each other.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #5

    He doesn't seem very impressed, Cimorene commented in some amusement.
    Why should he be? Kazul said.
    Well, you're a dragon, Cimorene answered, a little taken aback.
    What difference does that make to a cat?

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #6

    Humility is as good for the soul as it is for the memory

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #7

    I loved getting my M. B. A., and I really enjoyed being an accountant and financial analyst before I quit my day job twenty-five years ago to write full time. I just liked writing more…plus, I knew even then that as a full-time writer, I'd get plenty of chances to do business-type stuff, while as an accountant, I probably wouldn't get a lot of opportunities to write about dragons.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #8

    I'd rather be eaten by a dragon.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #9

    In fact, “talent” is as common as mud; what’s rare is the motivation to sit down and actually do something with one’s talent, the discipline to do it regularly, and the persistence to stick with it until it’s finished.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #10

    Is it your background, then? Lord Franton smiled and shook his head. That need not worry you. You're a wizard now; what you were before does not matter to me.
    Yes, it does, Kim said softly. Because part of the time you're sorry about it, and part of the time you think it makes me interesting, and part of the time you ignore it. But you never forget it.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #11

    It's a hard thing to risk what you know and are sure of, just for the possibility of something better. Even when it's a pretty strong possibility, and something that's a whole lot better.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #12

    Kim was more than a little inclined to snarl at him, but in the past few days she had learned that snarling at Mairelon did little good. He simply smiled and corrected her grammar.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #13

    Lord Daner isn't my boyfriend, Eleret said, annoyed. She'd let it go by once, but after two mentions, she had to correct him. Karvonen would drive her crazy if he kept referring to Daner that way.
    Huh. Karvonen pursed his lips skeptically. I'll bet it's not because he didn't try.
    You'd lose.
    Then Daner's an idiot, Karvonen said with feeling.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #14

    May you and your triple cursed wash water turn purple with orange spots and fall down a bottomless pit!

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #15

    Mendanbar took a deep breath. “You could stay here. At the castle, I mean. With me.” This wasn’t coming out at all the way he had wanted it to, but it was too late to stop now. He hurried on, “As Queen of the Enchanted Forest, if you think you would like that. I would.”
    “Would you, really?”
    “Yes,” Mendanbar said, looking down. “I love you, and—and—”
    “And you should have said that to begin with,” Cimorene interrupted, putting her arms around him.
    Mendanbar looked up, and the expression on her face made his heart begin to pound.
    “Just to be sure I have this right,” Cimorene went on with a blinding smile, “did you just ask me to marry you?”
    “Yes,” Mendanbar said. “At least, that’s what I meant.”
    “Good. I will.”
    Mendanbar tried to find something to say, but he was too happy to think. He leaned forward two inches and kissed Cimorene, and discovered that he didn’t need to say anything at all.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #16

    Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #17

    News of Daniel's disappearance does not alarm me as it might have done a week ago. Given recent events, very little alarms me as it might have done a week ago. I feel as if my supply of alarm has been exhausted, at least temporarily.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #18

    NONE OF THIS NONSENSE, PLEASE

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #19

    Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #20

    One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, Where do you get your ideas? When people ask me this, my usual response is, Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #21

    Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #22

    Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #23

    Thank God! he said, and kissed her.
    Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #24

    That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #25

    The ceremony went by in a blur, but Mendanbar was pretty sure he hadn't made any mistakes because suddenly he was kissing Cimorene and everyone was cheering. He felt like cheering himself, except he would have had to stop kissing Cimorene.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #26

    The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-
    Did you have to get him started? Cimorene asked reproachfully.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #27

    Then they gave me a loaf of bread and told me to walk through the forest and give some to anyone who asked. I did exactly what they told me, and the second beggar-woman was a fairy in disguise, but instead of saying that whenever I spoke, diamonds and roses would drop from my mouth, she said that since I was so kind, I would never have any problems with my teeth.”
    “Really? Did it work?”
    “Well, I haven’t had a toothache since I met her.”
    “I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #28

    Well, it doesn't sound particularly noble and knightly to say you've rescued the Chief Cook and Librarian, does it? And it has cut down on the number of interruptions. I used to get two or three knights a day, and now there's only about one a week. And the ones who do come are at least smart enough to figure out that I'm still a princess even if the dragons call me Chief Cook

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #29

    Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?”

    “Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they won’t listen, and neither will Therandil.”

    “I didn’t ask what you’d said about it,” the frog snapped. “I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

  • Patricia C. Wrede Quote #30

    You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

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