I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems to access something dark and true in us that other modes of fiction are often a bit prissy… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form - for one thing, you're able to go all-out on the imaginative front, with a lot less concern for… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Pull on the new flesh like borrowed gloves and burn your fingers once again.” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet. — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“These are pious, clean-living men, worshipping at the temple of their own bodies.” “Hmm. Sounds distinctly erotic.” — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
As to the differences between game work and novel writing, well, obviously the former is a lot less lonely - you're in and out… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“ Books — the warm, leather-skinned weight of them in your hands, the way they smelled when you lifted them close to your face.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“In any agenda, political or otherwise, there is a cost to be borne. Always ask what it is, and who will be paying. If… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“... it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
I've seen 'True Detective' end-to-end at least three times; I'll probably see it again. It is a work of dark brilliance. But if the… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“The human eye is a wonderful device,” I quoted from Poems and Other Prevarications absently. “With a little effort, it can fail to see… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Overhead soft-bellied clouds panic toward the horizon like whales before the harpoon, and the wind runs addict's fingers through the trees that line the… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
Certainly a decade and a half out in the real world, bashing my head against things, probably made me into a more textured writer.… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
