As was often the case, Magic just chuckled and kicked physics in the balls, leaving it groaning and wondering what just happened.

— Jim C. Hines

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

— Jim C. Hines

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.

— Jim C. Hines

But 'I worked hard on this' doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to express their opinions because they care about this s

— Jim C. Hines

Can we all pause a moment to appreciate the artistry of that sentence? "Sitting casually on the floor, a guard sat..." That's freaking art right there! Someone nominate this thing for the Hugo Award already!

— Jim C. Hines

Every lib romancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

— Jim C. Hines

I had said before that all stories were magic. It had never occurred to me that all magic was stories.

— Jim C. Hines

I like big books and cannot lie.Your other readers can’t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name of the Winglike a hardbound brick of win. Story bling.Want to swipe that thing Cause you see that boy is speeding Right through the book he’s reading. I’m hooked and I can’t stop pleading.Want to curl up with that for ages, All thousand pages. Reviewers tried to warn me. But with that plot you hooked Me like Bradley. Ooh, crack that fat spine. You know I want to make you mine. This book is Stella ’cause it ain’t some quick novella.

— Jim C. Hines

I’ve said for years — ever since I figured out how to write Goblin Hero — that it’s important to give yourself permission to write crap. Perfection is the destroyer of art. It’s paralyzing. Art, whether it’s writing or painting or anything else, requires risk. And risk means you’re going to make mistakes. Sometimes you’re going to fail.

— Jim C. Hines

On a related note, I think for many of us, the first step in becoming a good writer is to write crap. In all seriousness, none of us are born knowing how to write. Almost all of us will produce a lot of really lousy stories before we start to get good. (Not all of us will choose to publish those lousy stories, but that's a whole separate discussion...)

— Jim C. Hines