"As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth."

-- Andrew Gross

#Hero Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Write about this man who, drop by drop, squeezes the slave's blood out of himself until he wakes one day to find the blood of a real human being--not a slave's--coursing through his veins.”
“There were days when the Church could club men into obedience by preaching Hell to them, but that day has long passed. The world has outgrown it.”
“Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?”
“When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.”
“Being a housewife, makes women sick.It may therefore be that married women say they are happy because they are sick.To be happy in a relationship which imposes so many impediments on her, as traditional marriage does, women must be slightly mentally ill”
“Of course, art in and of itself gives me some feeling of elation or power and is in some way curative. But actually what's interesting at the end of the day is the various interpretations and conversations between us. Something that exists between us is probably better than you and better than me.”
“We have to make sure that a fair share of the tax revenues remain in our country.”
“Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.”

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