“Cooper walked, slow and steady, four-four time in a world gone off measure.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“NO TRESPASSING and SOLICITORS WARMLY GREETED WITH GUNFIRE signs,” — Marcus Sakey Gunfire Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Jack’s house was crayon art and blaring cartoons and the smell of casserole. Ethan” — Marcus Sakey Art Copy Share Image
“Maybe the problem is that no one is telling the truth about it. Maybe if there were more facts and fewer agendas,… — Marcus Sakey Telling the truth Copy Share Image
“Maybe that’s what love is. Believing in the best version of your partner, so they have the courage to believe it themselves.” — Marcus Sakey Courage Copy Share Image
“Cooper was halfway out of his chair with realizing he’d moved, his body on full combat alert. His mind spinning,” — Marcus Sakey Psychology Copy Share Image
“Ethan was partaking in that greatest of white-collar lies, “working from home,” and not feeling at all bad about it. He” — Marcus Sakey Lies Copy Share Image
“Maybe the world would burn. But if truth was all it took to start the fire, maybe it needed to.” — Marcus Sakey Fire Copy Share Image
“. . . the problem with looking for your glasses is that you don’t have your glasses on while you’re looking . . .” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“But not a flag worshipper. He cared about the principles, not the symbol.” “That’s what patriotism means. The others are just fetishists.” — Marcus Sakey Flag Copy Share Image
“He took out the sidearm. Thumbed the magazine release. A full load, hollow-points. Body armor would stop them, but if they hit… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“As politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the… — Marcus Sakey Politics Copy Share Image
He had been someone before. That person had been the result of a lifetime of choices, good and bad. And like it… — Marcus Sakey Choices Copy Share Image
“And you’ll need a leader to do it. A man of bold vision, one who promises you a world where you’re not… — Marcus Sakey Dreams Copy Share Image
“He hadn’t really known them, and like most people, he was just solipsistic enough to not truly believe they existed when he… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Roger, I don’t know what your problem is. I don’t know if it’s a personal grudge, or ambition, or if you just… — Marcus Sakey Difference Of Opinion Copy Share Image
“Data. That’s what matters. That’s what tells us something. But people want to see pictures. Supernova in vivid color. Even though scientifically… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Making love to make a child, the intensity that must bring, the way their eyes would be locked in wonder at this… — Marcus Sakey Birthday Copy Share Image
“The rats that had once fouled their food became their food. But soon the rats were gone. After two more days of… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Now she sat on a bench alongside Valerie West, the two of them pretending to be on their lunch. Val was a… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“It’s kind of a circle. When people are scared, it’s easy for them to decide anything different is evil. To forget that… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“The truth was, everything in life came down to intentions and results. Cooper’s intentions in killing Peters and releasing the video had… — Marcus Sakey Life Copy Share Image
“Cooper had a theory about personality. Most people considered personality to be a singular identity. Malleable, sure, but essentially cohesive. But he… — Marcus Sakey Personality Copy Share Image
“If it was to survive, America had to develop a new system of exchange, one that would be impervious to the gamesmanship… — Marcus Sakey Investing Copy Share Image
“I love telling stories for a living. The process of writing has its frustrations, but also its joys (there’s no high like… — Marcus Sakey Books Copy Share Image
“It was like that old riddle about replacing the handle of an axe, and later the head—when you were done, was it… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Truth is a slippery concept.” “No, the great thing about the truth is that it’s true.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the… — Marcus Sakey Books Copy Share Image
“bottoms and a worn T-shirt with a Greenpeace logo. Natalie’s feet were bare, her hair pulled into a ponytail. She smiled at… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“among them Senator Blake Crouch (D-Colo.), who last year became the first gifted member of the US Senate.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“The problem with the best moment in your life is that every other moment is worse” — Marcus Sakey Life Copy Share Image
“He had a theory going about cities, that the dominant industry of the town filtered into every level of the place, from… — Marcus Sakey Architecture Copy Share Image
“The rats that had once fouled their food became their food. But soon the rats were gone.” — Marcus Sakey Food Copy Share Image
“Maybe a different job, though. Something boring, so no one asks follow-up questions about it.” “Accounting?” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“I see the method in your madness, but there’s too much madness in your method.” — Marcus Sakey Madness Copy Share Image
“He thought of getting out of bed but did not get out of bed. Why? What for? Everyone else seemed to know.… — Marcus Sakey Secret Copy Share Image
