"I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate."

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Source : "From the archive: James Herbert on rats and redemption". Interview with Andrew Billen, www.theguardian.com. 1993.

James Herbert

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“The whole of the life -- even the hard -- is made up of the minute parts, and if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. These are new language lessons, and I live them out. There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up.”
“I strive to seek new material that fit into the logic of construction, while performing services appropriate to real needs.”
“I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story.”
“Part of it has to do with the discipline of being actively receptive. At the core of this receptivity is a process that might be called soft eyes. It is a physical sensation. You are not looking for something. You are open, receptive. At some point you are in front of something that you cannot ignore.”
“What is success?' It isn't only about winning, but playing in a certain way.”
“In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum.”
“Trust everybody, but cut the cards.”

Source : Finley Peter Dunne (1963). “Mr. Dooley remembers: the informal memoirs of Finley Peter Dunne”
“When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”

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