Brandon Sanderson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Brandon Sanderson:

You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#8122d853

I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#122c99cf

When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#7519eac2

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#ad75ad45

Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader response.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#69027ce0

Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?'
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#04558122

When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#1266dadd

I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#10f17777

The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#f984aa80

My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.
~Brandon Sanderson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brandon-sanderson-quotes/#eef7baf5

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