David Koepp > Quotes

“The fucking deer just took the fucking elevator.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, and the experience of the billions who came before us, it’s still hard to get our heads around the idea that we are going to die.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“...and that dumbass deer—sorry, that beautiful creature of God—that thing’s character was drawn within the limitations of a non-sentient brain. It stood there, unmoving, as the car closed the last fifty feet on it; it just hunched there, watching Death come hurtling at it, staring at the car like, well, like exactly what it was, there’s a goddamn good reason for that cliché, so maybe it was fitting that the first thing that hit the deer was the headlight.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“You know, I read once that if you’re sad, you’re living in the past. If you’re anxious, you’re living in the future. But if you’re at peace, you’re living in the present.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“The dead deer had run away, and the half cat climbed a tree and exploded. It’s as simple as that, Officer.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“You have to admit,” she said. “So far this is cool.” “So far, I have to admit this is cool.” “You really think so?” “No, I’m just repeating what you told me I had to say. See you in thirty feet.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“on September 4, 1882, Thomas Edison would turn on the generators at Pearl Street Station, in Lower Manhattan, activating America's first power grid. Human beings were on the path to total electrical addiction.”
― david koepp, Aurora

“There but for the grace of God go I,”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“Viktor Frankl says there are only three that matter. To do work that matters to you, to care for others, and to rise to the challenge of difficult times. Work, love, courage. That’s it. Any other human pursuit is horseshit.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“You're going to want to, but you just can't blame the accident on the Bartles & Jaymes. That wouldn't be fair. Yes, Mooney's blood alcohol was flirting with .15 and his reaction time was down, but 250 pounds of aggressively stupid animal that springs out of nowhere and stands frozen on the center stripe of a dark highway, right in the middle of an unlit curve, I mean, that asshole has to be factored into the equation too.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“if you’re sad, you’re living in the past. If you’re anxious, you’re living in the future. But if you’re at peace, you’re living in the present.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“more money doesn’t mean more better. It just means more.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“Aubrey was surprised by how quickly she’d begun to mentally disconnect from the infinite online distractions she’d used to seek. She had kicked the internet to the curb with a speed and conviction that surprised her, awakening as if from hypnosis and realizing what a prisoner of algorithm her thoughts had been. No coffee, no internet? Thank Christ.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“SO2 is one of the most effective antimicrobials on the planet and is highly antagonistic to growth. In its gaseous form, SO2 can be lethal to any air-breathing creature and is in fact the leading cause of death in a volcanic eruption.”
― David Koepp, Cold Storage

“Isn’t that just like a human? Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, and the experience of the billions who came before us, it’s still hard to get our heads around the idea that we are going to die.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“The cosmos would always be there. Humanity might be another story.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“You can’t find happiness; happiness finds you. We are completely passive in the act of our own contentment because it isn’t an act. It’s a result. For the first time in years, she was living an uncomplicated life, and happiness had resulted.”
― David Koepp, Aurora

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
― David Koepp, Aurora