It's one of the things I love most about being an author - seeing the different covers from each country.
Alexander Gordon SmithThere always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.
Alexander Gordon SmithBetter to be a spirit with the earth beneath you than a corpse pinned tight by the weight of the world.
Alexander Gordon SmithGettting to know your characters is so much more important than plotting. Working out every detail of your story in advance, especially when you don't yet know your main characters, always seems a little too much like playing God. You're working out your characters' lives, their destiny, before they've had a chance to discover who they are and what kind of people they want to be.
Alexander Gordon Smith