23 quotes found
Writer · American
American writer
“Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.”
“Lonely women destroy themselves lonely men threaten the world.”
“Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.”
“Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.”
“The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do.”
“Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.”
“Before September 11, the skinny, jittery black guy made security think one thing: drug mule. But after the attacks, security only cared about bombs. So it was the Arab guys, the Puerto Ricans and I...”
“Thats the funny thing, she said. Men always want to die for something. For someone. I can see the appeal. You do it once and its done. No more worrying, not knowing, about tomorrow and tomorrow and...”
“If you haven't caused a scene in a psych unit, it's just because you haven't been inside long enough.”
“One of the reasons I love devils so much is not based in my faith, but because as a kid, I grew up loving heavy metal and horror movies, and the devil is such a huge presence in both.”
“I'm always trying to make myself laugh. I'm the most enthusiastic audience I'm likely to find, so if it doesn't make me smile then it probably won't work on you. The jokes that only make me shrug g...”
“The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the ...”
“Nobody ever thinks of himself as a villain, does he? Even monsters hold high opinions of themselves.”
“Im always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me the monsters. Logical conclusions dont satisfy. Monsters satisfy, absolutely.”
“Human beings are no damn good, he said. We are even worse than animals. We like ...He trailed off, cleared his throat, but his voice hardly reached a whisper.We like monsters, he said.”
“'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.”
“That’s the funny thing,” she said. “Men always want to die for something. For someone. I can see the appeal. You do it once and it’s done. No more worrying, not knowing, about tomorrow and tomorrow...”
