472 Quotes by Scott Westerfeld

I used to be a pre-industrial writer: thousands of words in a spurt and then a few days off. But as I get older, I've switched to a mode best described as 'slow and steady wins the race.' Basically, I write during the same four hours every day, after breakfast and the all-important coffee, generally in the same room and wearing the same pajamas.

I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady." Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.

But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.

Probably? So you're asking me to trust my life to steel wool and peanut butter?" "Poisoned peanut butter." "Cal, I don't care if it's nuclear peanut butter.

But you know what? It's not my behavior I'm worried about anymore. It's yours.

And it was pretty clear that no prince was showing up, or at least that he was really late.

She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.

Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'." "Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled. "And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.