55 Quotes by Michael A. Stackpole

Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death, it is the sum and total of all we make of it.

This is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a living creature can commit.

Few and far between are the books you'll cherish, returning to them time and again, to revisit old friends, relive old happiness, and recapture the magic of that first read.

You can't hear a whisper if you're constantly shouting.

The real important thing about Digital-Original publication goes beyond the fact that authors make more money off each sale than through traditional publishing. It's that we get to bypass a system of gatekeepers who have more than 'quality' as criteria for what they choose.

If someone is going to profit from your work, they need to earn it.

There is no denying the aesthetics of a well-made, well-loved book.

It has been aptly noted that web browsers are less Internet navigation tools than they are ebooks with highly diverse content.

Paying a royalty to someone for prepping an ebook is akin to paying the kid who cuts your grass a percentage of the purchase price when you sell your house. It makes no sense.