Colin Greenland > Quotes

“Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader’s desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That’s called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.”
― Colin Greenland

“Sometimes he tries to catch her, wading frantically through earth that has turned to water, or sometimes through air. Sometimes she tries to catch him. They never catch each other, no matter what.”
― Colin Greenland, The Sandman: Book of Dreams

“Plotting is like sex. Plotting is about desire and satisfaction, anticipation and release. You have to arouse your reader's desire to know what happens, to unravel the mystery, to see good triumph. You have to sustain it, keep it warm, feed it, just a little bit, not too much at a time, as your story goes on. That's called suspense. It can bring desire to a frenzy, in which case you are in a good position to bring off a wonderful climax.”
― Colin Greenland

“Cloaks are nice. You can wear a cloak and have nothing on under it at all. And you can go anywhere you want like that!”
― Colin Greenland, The Sandman: Book of Dreams

“The truth is a stranger...Not always welcome by daylight.”
― Colin Greenland, The Space Opera Renaissance