I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.? – Alexander the Great.
A friend’s loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even get angry with them. But a true friend will forget that anger after a while, because their loyalty to their friend outweighs the memory of the disagreement.
There is no such thing as an “aspiring writer”. You are a writer. Period.
One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.
To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.
A monster movie is only as good as the monster in it.
If dragons were real, then in all likelihood they were not graceful, high-chested, noble creatures; rather they would have been dirty, ugly, reptilian and mean.
Fairytales cleanse and sanitise what were once true stories. In fairytales, knights are chivalrous, clean-shaven and wear shining armour – when in truth they were swarthy, filthy rapists and thugs. Castles are bright and gay when in truth they were grim fortresses.
He began to understand why some people feared the dark so much. The sheer helplessness of not knowing what was right in front of you was terrifying.
Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.
You’d be surprised, you can do a lot more damage with your brains than with your fists.
Over twenty men died during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, Dr Lynch. Does anyone regret that? No, all anyone sees is a marvel of its time, a great achievement in human ingenuity.
Human fears are very often irrational constructs of the mind.