Jim C. Hines Quotes

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.

I’ve found that there’s a pretty wide range of silly. I don’t want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my own characters and stories at the core of the books. And to be honest, I’m not smart enough to do the kind of wickedly sharp satire you get from someone like Pratchett.

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.

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.

If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly

If I’m making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

New rule: every fantasy author who doesn’t treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.

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.

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Bullying is not okay. Period.