Reflections – Page 15 – P. K. ABBOT THRILLERS

Scars

Talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

—Stephen King

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E. L. Doctorow

During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

—George Orwell

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

—John Steinbeck

If you don’t turn your life into a story, you just become part of someone else’s story.

– Terry Pratchett

All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.

—Neil Gaiman

You are what you settle for.

—Janis Joplin

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

– Friedrich Nietzsche