Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
James Oliver Rigney, Jr., better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of the several writers who have written seven original Conan the Barbarian novels that are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 October 1948
CityCharleston, SC
CountryUnited States of America
In the beginning, I truly thought it was going to be four or five books, ... When I finished 'The Eye of the World,' I thought I had a good chance of doing it in six.
In my faith, I believe it is God who created the universe. Should that be taught as an option in the school system? I don't think so. To me, this is something families should deal with, and not public schools.
I'm not a guru or a sage. I'm a storyteller. The only times I get disturbed is when I find people who seem to be taking this too seriously.
This is my chance to get back. This is my best shot.
My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want; a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart. - Egwene, speaking to Elayne
I'll never forget the first time Davram took me by the scruff of my neck and showed me he was the stronger of us. It was magnificent! If a woman is stronger than her husband, she comes to despise him. She has the choice of either tyrannizing him or else making herself less in order not to make him less. If the husband is strong enough, though, she can be as strong as she is, as strong as she can grow to be.
The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
An arrow may not be a shocklance, yet it can still kill you.
Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.
Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.
Never gamble without knowing a back way out.
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.
I know how to take a man out of his miseries. Give him a swift kick, or else get him drunk and find him a pr-...