Pierce Brown quotes:

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.

My editor's main job is to cut down my worldbuilding. There's so much fun stuff in there, you know?

Morning Star' is the light that many sailors would use to guide them. But it's also referenced twice in the Bible - once for Lucifer and once for Jesus.

I think girls have a harder time than guys do if you're switching schools. Guys don't get picked on as long as you're OK in sports.

A lot of times, I faced bullies - or the 'big dogs' at school. What I wanted 'Red Rising' to be is not necessarily an indictment on bullies, but it reflects my experiences and attitudes that I had with bullies growing up.

I usually dislike second books in series. The only second installment I ever loved was 'The Empire Strikes Back,' and I think that was wonderful because it evolved the characters while not seeming like a bridge.

When you look at a lot of the military histories, and even modern military history, everyone pretty much refers to each other by nicknames.

You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.

Liars make the best promises.

My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.

There are so many ideas that you just come up with on a day-to-day basis when you're a writer that it's very difficult to want to go back to an old fling, so to speak.

Conceptually, I always took issue with bullies and those who took advantage of others, whether it was a teacher's cruelty to a student, or a student who picked fights with others.

My people sing, we dance, we love. That is our strength. But we also dig. And then we die. Seldom do we get to choose why. That choice is power. That choice has been our only weapon. But it is not enough.

He always thinks because I'm reading, I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.

Every high school I went to, I joined in the middle of the year, so sports helped. But you see a lot of bullies when you move to eight states, I'll say that.

Power must be claimed. Wealth won. Rule, dominion, empire purchased with blood.You scarless children deserve nothing. You do not know pain. You do not know whatyour forefathers sacrificed to place you on these heights. But soon, you will.

There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.

I've always looked at independent booksellers in a romantic light.