There was no more dangerous kind of madman than one who devoted a good brain and a courageous heart to unhealthy ambitions.

I know not which I prefer the look of—those who attack us or that which defends us!

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

And now, Elric had told three lies. The first concerned his cousin Yyrkoon. The second concerned the Black Sword. The third concerned Cymoril. And upon those three lies was Elric's destiny to be built, for it is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.

Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.