Nathan

“A writer absolutely has to make his villains clever and competent. It’s no fun—and no challenge—for the heroes to get out of trouble without sweating about it first.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“Mobs have passions, not brains.”
― Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion

“He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution.

Either way, it meant Mara Jade.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion