"Night sky was black and then there was blood, morning crack of light on the edge of the earth." The ideal first sentence contains within it an intimation of the whole book 'Red Sky in Morning'. That's what I was… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“I spend a lot of time on my own thinking betwixt me and the saddle and I ain’t come up with much but I… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I'm not quite Honoré de Balzac, but I can't start without a strong espresso. After an hour and a half or so, I need… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
"Night sky was black and then there was blood, morning crack of light on the edge of the earth." The ideal first sentence contains… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“Freedom is your soul in the emptiness of night. Freedom is this dark that is as great as what it holds the stars and… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I find that jazz loosens up the deep place of my mind, lets me find my own strange rhythms. Generally, I find the knottier… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“This place called heaven, this realm of perfection and life everlasting. When it comes down to it, nobody ever wants to go there. Now… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book takes me… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“Daylight tricks you into thinking what you see is truth, lets you go through life thinking you know everything. But the truth is we… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a book. This… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I like to imagine the perfect reader - the reader who not just understands what I am about, but soaks up every word… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“The sea in the distance opening a doorway. Familiar faces turning in half-light and sounds of speech and the way that each body moves… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I particularly like the catchphrase of Leonardo Da Vinci: Ostinato Rigore! (Which means, pretty much, Relentless Rigor). — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
