“Angels and demons, heaven and hell, God, morality, law and language. It’s all metaphor. Scaffolding to handle the areas where base reality won’t cut it for you guys, where it’s too cold for humans to live without something made up.… — 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
