Justin Alcala > Quotes

“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?”
― Justin Alcala

“Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.”
― Justin Alcala

“I don't remember ever signing up for weird. It just sort of happened.”
― Justin Alcala

“Never give your opinion on someone's writing unless they ask sincerely, and never ask for someone's opinion unless you're sincere.”
― Justin Alcala

“The best horror novels open up, "It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air.”
― Justin Alcala

“The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.”
― Justin Alcala

“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.”
― Justin Alcala

“I am here to create greatness, not in living legacy, but memories for thereafter...and then I must go.”
― Justin Alcala, A Dead End Job

“We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.”
― Justin Alcala

“A wise person once said that it’s easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men.”
― Justin Alcala, A Dead End Job

“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?
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― Justin Alcala

“The biggest stranger in your life is yourself.”
― Justin Alcala

“The most formidable adversary of evil is a persistent man with a loud conscience.”
― Justin Alcala

“The stain glass man marvels at his colors, but he doesn't know he's made of broken pieces.”
― Justin Alcala, A Dead End Job

“Wisdom is often cliché and pain is generally witty. Never fault an insightful man for their thoughts or mistaken a clever man as a sage.”
― Justin Alcala, Dim Fairy Tales

“I don't imagine book elitists as my audience when writing. I dream about teachers, morticians and garbage men instead.”
― Justin Alcala, The Devil in the Wide City

“A Dead End Job is what happens when the tentacle-arm monkeys living in my brain get filtered into an urban fantasy novel.”
― Justin Alcala, A Dead End Job

“What I love about absurdist fiction is that it uses the supernatural, over-the-top circumstances and humor to explain the everyday. A Dead End Job reads playfully enough, but it covertly touches on mental health, corruption of power and the price of redemption. Oh, and it has like… one-thousand fart jokes.”
― Justin Alcala, A Dead End Job