“When you start talking to yourself in a graveyard, it’s time to go home.” — Greg Iles Graveyard Copy Share Image
“Nothing was what you thought it was, because no one was who they pretended to be.” — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“treachery, weakness, envy, fanaticism—the most destructive forces available to man.” — Greg Iles Betrayal Copy Share Image
“When you write a book, you have total control of the universe and everyone in it.” — Greg Iles Book Copy Share Image
Great song lyrics are as valid a part of American literature as any novel. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Will on the phone, the sooner you stop bleeding.” Hickey dialed a number and” — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“have crystal meth over in Natchez?” “Of course we do. I’m not interested in the meth. I’m interested in the men who… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to write. It was just something I always could do. Teachers would say, 'you really have this gift,'… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
If a man lived long enough, his past would always overtake him, no matter how fast he ran or how morally he… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
I pull out on the highway, and a truck hit my driver's door going 70 miles an hour. Took off my right… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we think we are moving randomly. But random behavior is rare in humans. We are always spiraling around something, whether we… — Greg Iles Black hole Copy Share Image
“All partnerships fail in the end, just like marriages. The only life after death any human being will ever know is staying… — Greg Iles Death Copy Share Image
A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Our actions have consequences that last long after us, entwining the present with the future in ways we cannot begin to understand.… — Greg Iles Actions have consequences Copy Share Image
“There have been times I would have given anything for such faith, for the belief that divine justice exists somewhere in the… — Greg Iles Divine justice Copy Share Image
Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
A tourist will just walk up to a Natchezian on the street and ask, 'Where does Greg Iles live?' And they'll say,… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Nothing frightens me more than the faith in my daughter’s eyes. How many men deserve that kind of trust? One by one,… — Greg Iles Children Copy Share Image
“Because I expected so little, Gaines's painting is startlingly powerul. A lank-haired blond woman with a hard face sits at akitchen table… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant… — Greg Iles Ancestors Copy Share Image
“Thought like that showed me the needless ambiguity of words like space-time. The average person heard a word like that and figured… — Greg Iles Average person Copy Share Image
He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked… — Greg Iles Atoms Copy Share Image
“Einstein said the arrow of time flies in only one direction. Faulkner, being from Mississippi, understood the matter differently. He said the… — Greg Iles Time Copy Share Image
“The stillest thing in the world is the corpse of someone you loved. A hunk of cold granite seems more alive than… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Wingate sighs thoughtfully. "Hard to say. He's not static. He began with almost pure Impressionism, which is dead. Anyone can do it.… — Greg Iles Art Copy Share Image
“The quotidian demands of life distract from this resonance of images and events, but some of us feel it always. And who… — Greg Iles Life Copy Share Image
“My favorite book is The Mysterious Island. I order my books from a flimsy catalog the teacher hands out to every student… — Greg Iles Books Copy Share Image
“Not far away lay the big cannons that had held Ulysses Grant at bay for fifty siege days while the citizens of… — Greg Iles Civil war Copy Share Image
![“A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two months before the Sarin attack in the Japanese subway. There are very weird coincidences out there. And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write, because of my…” quote by Greg Iles](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d19/greg-iles-4609_black_a-lot-of-my-books-have-been-that-way-my_1454133.png)
