199 Quotes by Pierce Brown

I've always looked at independent booksellers in a romantic light.

If you look at 'Golden Son,' it was just a focused, isolated battle for Mars.

My editor's main job is to cut down my worldbuilding. There's so much fun stuff in there, you know?

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies growing up.

Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.

Every high school I went to, I joined in the middle of the year, so sports helped. But you see a lot of bullies when you move to eight states, I'll say that.

I usually dislike second books in series. The only second installment I ever loved was 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and I think that was wonderful because it evolved the characters while not seeming like a bridge.

'Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also referenced twice in the Bible - once for Lucifer and once for Jesus.