Max Hawthorne > Quotes

“The trouble with competitors' sycophants is they don't know where to put their tongues. Here's a suggestion: Try behind your teeth. With your mouth shut.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“Those who can write, write.
Those who can't, criticize.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“The secret to my success is actually simple: I failed so many times that succeeding eventually became a mathematical certainty.”
― Max Hawthorne

“When it comes to creating compelling fiction, the devil may be in the details, but it is your imagination that ultimately allows your work to spread its wings and take flight. And fly it must. Only by soaring above the clouds of doubt can one truly achieve a suspension of disbelief”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“Hone your writing skills as if they were your finest weapons of war. For in the literary arena, your pen will truly be your sword.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Inspiration is like perspiration. It tends to strike at the most inopportune of times.”
― Max Hawthorne

“I like big back-stories and I cannot lie.”
― Max Hawthorne

“It is good to know one's enemy.
It is better to know one's self.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“Reading consists of perusing razor-thin slices of perpetuity, wrenched from the heart of a murdered tree, and infused with the dark blood that swirls within the hidden depths of every writer's soul. It is their combined angst - the author's and the tree's - that we partake of when we immerse ourselves in the pages of a book.”
― Max Hawthorne

“A writer's mind is like a teapot. The words build up in your head until you just gotta let 'em out.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Take a kid fishing. You'll capture their imagination.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“There are certain things money can't buy. Chief among these are manners, class, honor and integrity. Oh, and sanity. Let's not forget that one . . .”
― Max Hawthorne

“Writer's Block: making authors miserable since the Stone Age.”
― Max Hawthorne

“I don't believe in your God. And he sure as hell doesn't believe in me.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“To make love last, you've got to treat it like the ultimate poker hand; you've got to go all in.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Is the pen really mightier than the sword? I suppose that depends on how sharp the pen is, and the strength of the warrior wielding it.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Sometimes, I’ll craft a scene that’s so poignant; on the last keystroke I’ll raise my hands high overhead and scream “Yes!” at the top of my lungs. I have yet to experience an orgasm so powerful and fulfilling.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Take a kid fishing; if nothing else, you'll capture their imagination.”
― Max Hawthorne

“I saw a post the other day, where someone wrote that, when they walk through a library, they touch the spines of all the books they’ve read , as a way of greeting their favorite characters . . .

Try that with one of my novels, and you’ll walk away counting your fingers!”
― Max Hawthorne

“You can only write as well as you read.”
― Max Hawthorne

“It is good to know one's enemy. It is better to know one's self.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kraken: Volume Two

“It never hurts to have karma in your corner.”
― Max Hawthorne

“Because I have a feeling that things in the tranquil waters around Paradise Cove are about to become a lot less tranquil.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“Nature is something to be tolerated, not tamed.”
― Max Hawthorne, The Sleigh (A Nail Biting Supernatural Suspense Thriller): It's Christmas Eve. Pray he doesn't come down your chimney.

“I saw a post the other day where someone wrote that, when they walk through a library, they touch the spines of all the books they’ve read as a way of greeting their favorite characters. Try that with one of my novels, and you’ll walk away counting your fingers!”
― Max Hawthorne

“Life's already a gamble. Don't let love be one, too.”
― Max Hawthorne

“There are two things one should always question: one's reality and oneself.”
― Max Hawthorne

“When it comes to overcoming writing hurdles, getting sick is like suffering a review from a critic with an axe to grind; you can't let it get you down!”
― Max Hawthorne

“That’s Elvis!”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising

“The intruder was something the whale had never encountered before–a monstrous crocodile with flippers instead of feet.”
― Max Hawthorne, Kronos Rising