S.A. McGarey > S.A.'s Quotes

“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“When in doubt, choose to live.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
― Stephen King

“If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
― Terry Pratchett

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“There's a grain of truth in every fairy tale,”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
― Stephen King

“You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
― Stephen King

“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands."

(As quoted on BookRiot, June 18, 2013)”
― Neil Gaiman

“Every hour wounds. The last one kills.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
― Stephen King

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
― Stephen King

“Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.”
― Stephen King, The Green Mile

“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

“No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.”
― Alan Moore, Watchmen

“All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.”
― Alan Moore , Batman: The Killing Joke

“How can two people hate so much without knowing each other?”
― Alan Moore , Batman: The Killing Joke

“Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise.”
― Oliver Bowden, The Secret Crusade

“Some men cannot be reasoned with.”
― Oliver Bowden, The Secret Crusade

“Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.”
― Oliver Bowden, Renaissance

“Do you know what body armor says about a guy?
It says he needs body armor.”
― Geoff Johns, Batman: Earth One, Volume 1

“There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny