Bruce Hatton

“There are only two real people in fiction – the storyteller and the listener”
― Lee Child, The Hero: The Enduring Myth That Makes Us Human

“But then again, the troubled are always young; the old are simply pathetic. Grow old and the edges come off: the mind rationalises, the heart concedes, the soul surrenders. We all grow old and frail, inside as well as out. The twists of reaction become entrenched, character traits become permanent: the resentments, the denials, the rationalisations. We learn to live with it. It’s so much more troubling when we are young and honest.”
― Chris Hammer, Scrublands

“What could you say to someone who felt that belief was a component of truth?”
― Robert Pobi, City of Windows

“It’s not about making more money or even precisely about creating new markets; it’s about trying to see the act, art, and craft of writing in different ways, thereby refreshing the process and keeping the resulting artifacts—the stories, in other words—as bright as possible”
― Stephen King, Everything's Eventual