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title: "1 Silence Write Quotes By F. Paul Wilson"
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> [If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured, amelodic ambient music, but I prefer no music. I don't need silence - I can write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-progression-i-ll-stop-writing/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/f-paul-wilson-20460_ambient_if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-p_1858833.jpg)

## More by F. Paul Wilson

> [I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/i-survived-a-number-of-garage-bands-during-my-teens-and-early/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [Money. . . those who don't have enough of it are only aware of what it can buy them. When you finally have enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/money-those-who-don-t-have-enough-of-it-are-only-aware-of-what-it-can/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/reality-is-what-trips-you-up-when-you-walk-around-with-your-eyes/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [No one you'd really like to see in public office has the bad taste to run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/no-one-you-d-really-like-to-see-in-public-office-has-the-bad-taste-to/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [I define a thriller as a big-stakes, multiple-viewpoint novel involving suspense, action, and mystery, in which the reader doesn't know everything but usually knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/i-define-a-thriller-as-a-big-stakes-multiple-viewpoint-novel/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [“Don’t aim a gun if you have no intention of pulling the trigger.  And if you do pull the trigger, shoot to kill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/don-t-aim-a-gun-if-you-have-no-intention-of-pulling-the-trigger-and/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [“The horror had begun.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/the-horror-had-begun/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [I had an idea for a medical conspiracy thriller. Since it was non-horror, I didn't want the publishers and editors bringing a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/i-had-an-idea-for-a-medical-conspiracy-thriller-since-it-was-non/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [Your believing or not believing in karma has no effect on its existence, nor on its consequences to you. Just as a refusal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/your-believing-or-not-believing-in-karma-has-no-effect-on-its/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [Writing is solitary, so I love going out once in a while and meeting my readers. I'll often hang with them after a signing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/writing-is-solitary-so-i-love-going-out-once-in-a-while-and-meeting/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [“Thrall is a feast of both visceral and existential horror – the gut tightens and the mind reels. Mary Sangiovanni joins that select cadre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/thrall-is-a-feast-of-both-visceral-and-existential-horror-the-gut/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/if-i-don-t-already-know-a-song-s-chord-progression-i-ll-stop-writing/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [“The chief thing is desire. You've really got to want to do it, you've really got to want to tell that story. And you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/the-chief-thing-is-desire-you-ve-really-got-to-want-to-do-it-you-ve/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/my-genre-hopping-has-caused-problems-with-marketing-and-sales/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

> [True freedom requires taking responsibility for your own life. That frightens the hell out of too many people. They prefer to have Big Brother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-paul-wilson/true-freedom-requires-taking-responsibility-for-your-own-life-that/)

[F. Paul Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-paul-wilson/)

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