“treachery, weakness, envy, fanaticism—the most destructive forces available to man.” — Greg Iles Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Nothing was what you thought it was, because no one was who they pretended to be.” — Greg Iles Pretended Copy Share Image
Great song lyrics are as valid a part of American literature as any novel. — Greg Iles American Copy Share Image
“When you write a book, you have total control of the universe and everyone in it.” — Greg Iles Book Copy Share Image
“Will on the phone, the sooner you stop bleeding.” Hickey dialed a number and” — Greg Iles Stop Bleeding Copy Share Image
“When you start talking to yourself in a graveyard, it’s time to go home.” — Greg Iles Graveyard Copy Share Image
“Mississippi blood is different. It’s got some river in it. Delta soil, turpentine, asbestos, cotton poison. But there’s strength in it, too.… — Greg Iles Blood Copy Share Image
And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry… — Greg Iles Because Copy Share Image
A lot of people have always asked, is Penn Cage me? And I say no. There's an early character in an earlier… — Greg Iles Always Copy Share Image
“Frost’s “The Death of the Hired Man” ran through his overheated brain: Home is the place where, when you have to go… — Greg Iles Death Copy Share Image
America is a transplanted place. Families split and people travel 1,000 miles for a job, but the South is not yet like… — Greg Iles America Copy Share Image
“As I turned toward it, a premonitory wave of heat flashed across my neck and shoulders, and I felt the dry itch… — Greg Iles Time Copy Share Image
“searching, revealing nothing. A few heads in the audience turn to me, wondering who could possibly have upset the equilibrium of the” — Greg Iles Audience Copy Share Image
“A man lives morally all his life, then in one weak moment commits an act that damns him in his own eyes… — Greg Iles Freedom Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we think we are moving randomly. But random behavior is rare in humans. We are always spiraling around something, whether we… — Greg Iles Black hole Copy Share Image
“All partnerships fail in the end, just like marriages. The only life after death any human being will ever know is staying… — Greg Iles Death Copy Share Image
It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a… — Greg Iles Easy Copy Share Image
“I want you to inject this into a red-top Vacutainer and spin it down.” “Okay. What tests do you want done?” “A… — Greg Iles Tests Want Copy Share Image
If a man lived long enough, his past would always overtake him, no matter how fast he ran or how morally he… — Greg Iles Enough Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to write. It was just something I always could do. Teachers would say, 'you really have this gift,'… — Greg Iles Always Copy Share Image
I pull out on the highway, and a truck hit my driver's door going 70 miles an hour. Took off my right… — Greg Iles Door Copy Share Image
I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving… — Greg Iles Character Copy Share Image
“have crystal meth over in Natchez?” “Of course we do. I’m not interested in the meth. I’m interested in the men who… — Greg Iles Crystal meth Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and… — Greg Iles Great Copy Share Image
I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to… — Greg Iles Easier Copy Share Image
