Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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She looked at David closely, and the feeling was still there. She could see that his forehead was too high, that a small scar cut a white stroke through his eyebrow. And his smile was pretty crooked, really. But it was as if something had changed inside Tally's head, something that had turned his face pretty to her.
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I like my first lines short and declarative. No complicated sentences. Of course, that's not really a Scott thing. It's pretty classic grab-the-reader technique.
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Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.
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He makes me feel like that. Like flying.
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The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down!
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But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new.
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Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
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I've learned a lot about stage-managing for illustration. Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image. I've also learned to making big-scale design decisions early.
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In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.
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At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.
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You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!
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Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.
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Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!
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You’d best ask the lady boffin, sir,” Newkirk said. “Midshipmen aren’t allowed to have opinions.
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You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
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Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace
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I make it a policy never to appear surprised" - Dr Barlow
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Hard work's a good distraction.
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She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.
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What happens when perfection isn't good enough?
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And you know, these things don't last forever.' I know, Mandy. Nothing does.' That's the spirit.
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Two weeks of killer sunburn is worth a lifetime of being gorgeous
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The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.
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Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno