Paul Wilson

“All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape.”
― Blind Melon

“You know, it was a revelation to me to learn that I don't have to be comfortable. Nowhere is it written that I must be comfortable. I always thought if I felt nervous or anxious or unhappy I had to do something about it. But I learned that's not true. Bad feelings won't kill me. Alcohol will kill me, but my feelings won't.”
― Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways to Die

“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

“I have my books and my poetry to protect me.”
― Paul Simon