Michael Marshall Smith

“I wash with the can of water I set aside the night before, and eat whatever I put next to it. The…

— Michael Marshall Smith

You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself

— Michael Marshall Smith

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.…

— Michael Marshall Smith

Hell is being alive, and being alive is all there is.

— Michael Marshall Smith

“When you’re born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“The mind is like a pool of water, and rain falls as you age. The water gets deeper, and looks so still:…

— Michael Marshall Smith

When you meet someone you love, then you change for good. That’s why the other person will never know or understand the…

— Michael Marshall Smith

One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice.

— Michael Marshall Smith

“Growing older, it appears, does not mean growing up.”

— Michael Marshall Smith

“I caught one last glimpse of her face, howling something at me. There were too many vowels in what she said, and…

— Michael Marshall Smith

Death is real. Death changes things. Everything else is filler, merely a message from our sponsor.

— Michael Marshall Smith

Nobody likes to see a body, but it's better than seeing a ghost. Bodies just make you doubt the world and the…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“Everyone’s alone in their world, because everybody’s life is different. You can send people letters, and show them photos, but they can…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“If people knew that I really am what I say I am,' he said, 'you know they'd never forgive me.' 'Don't worry,'…

— Michael Marshall Smith

My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“I once met a woman who'd been in therapy... and it seemed like the big thing she'd learned was to ignore everything…

— Michael Marshall Smith

Everything you've done, everything you've seen, everything you've become, remains. You never can go back, only forward, and if you don't bring…

— Michael Marshall Smith

You haven't seen untidiness until you've seen a room where gravity has failed twice in different directions.

— Michael Marshall Smith

“Wherever you go, and whatever you do, the first thing you're going to see in the morning, and the last thing at…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“Is she dead?" called Zenda. Sort of," I shouted, "And the pizza's completely fucked too.”

— Michael Marshall Smith

Scrivener is where I live. I'm planning the next novel, two screenplays and a couple of short stories with it and it's…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“How many times have you tried to talk to someone about something that matters to you, tried to get them to see…

— Michael Marshall Smith

When a writer with a voice as good as Richard Christian Matheson's tells you something, you have no choice but to listen.…

— Michael Marshall Smith

“You know when you've got nothing in particular to do, nothing to stay awake for? When your life is just routine and…

— Michael Marshall Smith

Being truly aimless is like being dead. It may even be the same thing, or worse. It is the aimless who find…

— Michael Marshall Smith