15 Quotes by Arthur Slade

The eye is always half-full.

Sky was the first god. Robert knew that there was only one God and he had a Son who was also God, but there were gods who had vanished: the gods of thunder, of fire, of the wide oceans of the earth.

He had hours of paperwork ahead of him. All this paper would one day be the downfall of the Empire.

As with all types of writing, fantastical fiction depends on the same basic rules.

Something like 'Psycho,' which is this psychological thing that slowly, slowly, slowly builds, and actually it's a much more powerful reaction you have when it assumes that you're intelligent as you're watching it. I want them to make me believe that whatever's happening could really happen, and then it becomes much more frightening.

The valley we lived in could easily be the setting for a fantasy novel or a prairie western novel. It could be anything.

People tell me how great it must have been to ride horses and stuff. Well, do it for two days straight on dusty days when the cows and horses were really tired.

When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story.

As enjoyable as it is when you're just writing and getting feedback from family members, it's 10 times more enjoyable, or 100 times more enjoyable, when you actually start getting paid for it, and people start reading your books, and once in a while you get a good review.