So, when people try to give you some book with a shiny round award on the cover, be kind and gracious, but tell them you don't read "fantasy," because you prefer stories that are real. Then come back here and continue your research on the cult of evil Librarians who secretly rule the world.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.

The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

Kelsier smiled. 'It means that you, Vin, are a very special person. You have a power that most high noblemen envy. It is a power that, had you been born an aristocrat, would have made you one of the most deadly and influential people in all of the final empire.' Kelsier leaned forward again. 'But, you weren't born an aristocrat. You're not noble, Vin. You don't have to play by their rules--and that makes you even more powerful.