What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story. — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
It's just the garbage in/garbage out trick. If you're not taking any fiction in, good or bad, then how can you be… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
“I'm all right," I told her. This is a lie, when you're twelve. And all the other years, too.” — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
The stories I respect most aren't those with the rich, dense prose, but those which achieve a rich, deep effect with simple little nothing-sentences,… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
“If there's any better place to get stoned than a rolling box full of pastry, then they didn't have the keys for it, anyway.” — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
Life's so much easier when you're not always maintaining two worlds: the one formed of lies, which feels real, and the one you live… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
What the readers want is a good story, and what the writers always want to luck into, it's a good story. — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
This is what noir is, what it can be when it stops playing nice--blunt force drama stripped down to the bone, then made to… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
I do love the challenge of screenplays. They're so difficult, such an alien form. It makes them endlessly fascinating. Something I can't keep my… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three or four,… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
“And, if I'm to be honest here, yes, I did indeed stop trying, finally. But the body breathes whether you want it to or… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
It's just the garbage in/garbage out trick. If you're not taking any fiction in, good or bad, then how can you be spitting any… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
It's important to look ahead, I think, to shape your stuff for - again - effect. Because it's just so easy to write long,… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
Art isn't and shouldn't be responsible. If it is, it isn't functioning as art. — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
