--- title: "1 Spectral City Quotes By Richard Kadrey" description: "1 Spectral City quotes by Richard Kadrey. Plus more from Richard Kadrey and more Spectral City sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/richard-kadrey-3619_desire_imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-me_3231411.jpg" --- > [“Imagine all of L.A. filled with windup men wandering empty-headed and waiting for orders and directions and purpose. That’s L.A. in a nutshell. A city of driven creatures, but no one is a hundred percent sure what they’re driven toward.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-men-wandering-empty-headed-and/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/richard-kadrey-3619_desire_imagine-all-of-l-a-filled-with-windup-me_3231411.jpg) ## More by Richard Kadrey > [“Maybe he was destined to die under the fading shadow of a plastic dinosaur surrounded by pickpockets, hookers, and panhandlers, but at least he’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/maybe-he-was-destined-to-die-under-the-fading-shadow-of-a-plastic/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“To the dead. Let’s think of them always, but not join them too soon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/to-the-dead-let-s-think-of-them-always-but-not-join-them-too-soon/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“Now you are thinking like a thief. Fewer guns and more exits. We'll cure your cowboy ways yet. (Vidocq)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/now-you-are-thinking-like-a-thief-fewer-guns-and-more-exits-we-ll/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [If Donald Trump and the Wicked Witch of the West had a kid, it would be Jayne-Anne. She looks like a librarian with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/if-donald-trump-and-the-wicked-witch-of-the-west-had-a-kid-it-would/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“The clerk is looking at me. His expression hasn't changed. What I want to do is punch a hole in the front of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/the-clerk-is-looking-at-me-his-expression-hasn-t-changed-what-i-want/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [The dead think they can get away with anything because you'll feel sorry for them. If you play cards with the dead, make sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/the-dead-think-they-can-get-away-with-anything-because-you-ll-feel/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [I tap a Malediction out of the box, fire it up, and puff. It tastes like a tire fire in a candy factory next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/i-tap-a-malediction-out-of-the-box-fire-it-up-and-puff-it-tastes-like/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“Besides Getting my ass kicked, my main accomplishment on this trip has been to massacre an incredible number of completely innocent clothes. I'm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/besides-getting-my-ass-kicked-my-main-accomplishment-on-this-trip-has/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“So far, being dead is about as much fun as a barbed-wire G-string. Yes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/so-far-being-dead-is-about-as-much-fun-as-a-barbed-wire-g-string-yes/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [ “Are you asking because you want to see if doc can turn you into a librarian when all this is over?" \[p.240:\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/are-you-asking-because-you-want-to-see-if-doc-can-turn-you-into-a/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“Most people are idiots. There's nothing worse than idiots who tell you their opinions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/most-people-are-idiots-there-s-nothing-worse-than-idiots-who-tell-you/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“I've never seen a Jade in full feral mode before. Candy's nails have curved out into thick claws. Her eyes are red slit pupils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/i-ve-never-seen-a-jade-in-full-feral-mode-before-candy-s-nails-have/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“Words are weapons. They blast big bloody holes in the world. And words are bricks. Say something out loud and it starts turning solid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/words-are-weapons-they-blast-big-bloody-holes-in-the-world-and-words/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“Is killing someone always like this?” “Just the first couple of times. After that it’s like folding socks. But that’s just me.” She”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/is-killing-someone-always-like-this-just-the-first-couple-of-times/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) > [“So, why'd you come back?" " I'm going to kill some people," I tell him. I pour the Jack into the coffee. "Probably a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-kadrey/so-why-d-you-come-back-i-m-going-to-kill-some-people-i-tell-him-i/) [Richard Kadrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-kadrey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spectral-city/richard-kadrey/#itemlist", "name": "1 Spectral City Quotes By Richard Kadrey", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Imagine all of L.A. filled with windup men wandering empty-headed and waiting for orders and directions and purpose. That’s L.A. in a nutshell. A city of driven creatures, but no one is a hundred percent sure what they’re driven toward. Wealth. Fame. Power. Love. Revenge. These are all the obvious end points for the citizens of a spectral city, but none of them quite encompass a final goal. That’s more fragile. 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