Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini
Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He currently lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 November 1983
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational life past
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
attention calm deal enjoyed grateful normal obviously people sort stay
It's obviously enormously gratifying, and I'm enormously grateful that so many people have enjoyed the story. This sort of attention . . . I don't think it's something that would be normal (to deal with) at any age. I just try to stay calm and enjoy myself.
half inspired strikes truly writer
If you want to be a professional writer then you need to write consistently. Inspiration strikes about once every blue moon which, for me, is once every two and a half to three months, which is when I'll get really and truly inspired about something.
engaged projects pursuing touch
I had friends growing up; there were other home-schoolers we were in touch with so we weren't isolated, and I've always been happy engaged in my own projects and pursuing my own goals.
hunt
If you ever kill off Saphira, I will hunt you down.
age-and-aging trilogy
This trilogy is (Eragon's) coming-of-age story, and writing the trilogy has been my coming-of-age story.
best
Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.
both criticize easy editing learned swallow work
I think I learned most from editing, both editing myself and having someone else edit me. It's not always easy to have someone criticize your work, your baby. But if you can swallow your ego, you can really learn from the editing.
blow mind would-be
Always it is thus with my new students, and especially with the human ones; the mind is the last muscle they train or use, and the one that they regard the least. Ask them about swordplay and they can list every blow from a duel a month old, but ask them to solve a problem or make a coherent statement and... well, I would be lucky to get more than a blank stare in return.
punishment world want
It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.
advantage experience matter provides strive writer
The advantage of writing from experience is that it often provides you with details that you would never think of yourself, no matter how rich your imagination. And specificity in description is something every writer should strive for.
experience needed
That wasn't an experience I needed to have,
books great
a great compliment, but I don't write books like hers.