David Morrell Quotes
When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.
" ... What if?" Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world.
His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.
A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.
At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.
if people weren't sinners, every intelligence network would be out of business
i've heard this called st. peter's square, " arlene said. "but it isn't square. it's oval.
On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it?
Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a damn how friendly he is. It's what he does that matters.
His blank face communicated an emptiness that could never be filled"- Frank Balenger
He strode with the weight of robbed innocence and a stolen childhood, for a life time of pain and anger, of terror and death."- Frank Balenger