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
Why didn't you guess this would happen?" Elayne demanded. He looked at her, expressionless. One side of his mouth twitched up, then he pulled his hat down, shading his eyepatch. "Light," Elayne said. "You knew. You spent this whole week planning with us, and you knew the entire time you'd throw it out with the dishwater.
Some said Delana was sucessful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them.
As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.
Fantasy is an area where it is possible to talk about right and wrong, good and evil, with a straight face. In mainstream fiction and even in a good deal of mystery, these things are presented as simply two sides of the same coin. Never really more than a matter of where you happen to be standing.
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.
No, I never feel that it's getting away from me, ... I certainly am telling it in more detail, in which case, I think it's good that I'm telling it in more books than five. Trying to compress it into five would have made it not as readable or enjoyable.
We all agreed it's unacceptable to see the numbers the way they are.
During the week we just told him to throw the ball up to us, and we would catch it for him.
Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?
If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
That's not a guarantee it will be done in three books.
There are people who want me to teach them how to channel,
I told him, 'I'm going to be there for you,' ... 'Whatever you throw up for me, I'll go get.'