Jim C. Hines famous quotes

04-17-2025

Bullying is not okay. Period.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Bullying #Periods #Okay
Torches," Porak ordered. "This is dumb," Jig grumbled as one of the others handed out torches. "Why not run ahead and warn any intruders that we're coming? Maybe we should sing, too, in case they're blind.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Running #Dumb #Torches
The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Definitions #Definition Of Beauty
If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly
-- Jim C. Hines

#Firefly #Guarantees #World
Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as justification to discriminate against others, don't be upset when others decide you're an asshole.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Religious #Law #Upset
An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Book #Writing #Fire
A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Fun #Zombie #Sound
Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Writing #Years #Groups
I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Jobs #Writing #Mean
Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Children #Mirrors #World
Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Memories #Book #Kissing
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

#Next
That is a trial I must face," Veka said. "No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Snakes #Trials #Faces
Do you know why happily ever after is a lie?" Snow asked. "Because life is change.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Lying #Snow #Life Is
I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers canâ€™t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name of the Wind Like a hardbound brick of win. Story bling. Wanna swipe that thing Cause you see that boy is speeding Right through the book heâ€™s reading. Iâ€™m hooked and I canâ€™t stop pleading. Wanna curl up with that for ages, All thousand pages. Reviewers tried to warn me. But with that plot you hooked Me like Bradley. Ooh, crack that fat spine. You know I wanna make you mine. This book is stella â€™cause it ainâ€™t some quick novella.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Lying #Book #Reading
New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Horse #Motorcycle #Fantasy
...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Church #Library #Bookstores
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

#Hate #Book #Errors
This presents a serious question." They both looked at me. "What's that?" asked Lena. "Whether to start you off with a Doctor Who marathon or dive straight into Firefly.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Firefly #Doctors #Serious
I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.
-- Jim C. Hines

#Book #Gutenberg #Purpose

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