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I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book. — PJ Harvey

He'd been respectable and respectful, always treating women — Melody Anne

" ... What if?" Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world. — David Morrell

A pro looks at the people, because they know business is about people. — Donald J. Trump

I have always lived on contrasts! To me the only death is monotony. Beware of monotony; it's the mother of all the deadly sins. — Edith Wharton

He was a God who observed without intervening in this hell he created"
-Carlisle — David Morrell

Was barely noticed, but I wasn't bothered by the lack of recognition. — Rebecca Donovan

On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it? — David Morrell

All solitary travel offers a sort of special license allowing you to be anyone you want to be — Paul Theroux

Cavanaugh's knife, Ernest Emerson's CQC-7W. The hook at the top opens the blade as the knife is drawn from a pocket. — David Morrell

Learn to respect a craftsman's talent, to realize that a task done well seems easy but is terribly difficult. — David Morrell

The trouble with instant gratification is, it takes too long. — David Morrell

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity. — William Rounseville Alger

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story. — David Morrell

And trauma had a way of burning memories deeper into the mind. — Dan Brown

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. — David Morrell

In my novel, 'First Blood,' Rambo died. In the films, he lives. — David Morrell

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page. — David Morrell

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor. — Katharine Hepburn

When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.' — David Morrell

Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth with an irony that a self-respecting fiction writer would be ashamed to invent. — David Morrell

The news lies all the time. They tell us what they think we would want to hear. — Malorie Blackman

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth. — David Morrell

To all librarians everywhere, God bless you. — David Morrell

One generation's idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation's. — David Morrell

First Blood Rambo knife by Jimmy Lile. It features a saw, a guard with straight and Philips screwdriver heads, holes in the guard for a wrist lanyard, — David Morrell

He showed his love and determination by burning her BMW and strangling her cat, then — David Morrell

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 — David Morrell

It's not polite to pass out when you've got company. Conversation, — David Morrell

Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell. — Maggie Kuhn

La Griffe, "The Claw." Simple and small. The index finger goes through the hole near the blade. Favored by climbers and boaters. — David Morrell

To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. — Agnes De Mille

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners
of them — David Morrell

Is it not the case that many a life journey starts out in the opposite direction to its destiny? — Sena Jeter Naslund

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant. — David Morrell

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better. — Nick Johnson

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.' — David Morrell

His blank face communicated an emptiness that could never be filled"
- Frank Balenger — David Morrell