"Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby."

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Source : "Life Under the Necroscope: An Interview with Brian Lumley". Amazon Interview, www.brianlumley.com.

Brian Lumley

#Writing Quotes #Army Quotes #Hobbies Quotes

“The thing is, I used to like that: feeling special because I knew something no one else did. It's a kind of power, isn't it, knowing a secret? But lately I don't like it so much, knowing this. It's not really mine to know, is it?”
“If the people are led to believe that scarce resources are best channeled in a direction that producers and consumers would not choose on their own, the result must necessarily be central planning.”
“All I'm trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet.”
“Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end.”
“Writers who go to Hollywood still follow the classic pattern: either you get disgusted by 'them' and you leave or you want the money and you become them.”
“There are far more reasons for death than there are for life.”
“Duty and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God.”
“I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.”

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