Books Quote by Bernard Schaffer

“I am sorry, as well, to present such a sketchy and disappointing exegesis of what is in fact the central part of my story.”

— Donna Tartt

“Please Note: Although it is true that some have been captured; we would like to assure you that no thoughts, or images, have been…

— Clive Blake

“Those stories tended to be located around the places where things went wrong, and people were cruel to one another, and so on. They…

— George Saunders

“It is just that narrative can be lethal when used in the wrong places.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“It was like murdering two of your children. I try to make the readers feel they’ve lived the events of the book. Just as…

— George R.R. Martin

“There's no need to kick him in the balls for him to tell the story honestly and impartially, because the dead are usually honest,…

— Hassan Blasim

“I’m a storyteller. I’ll work to make you believe me. Throw in some real stuff, change a few details, add the certainty of outrage.…

— Dorothy Allison

“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh.”

— Laura Kreitzer

“If after reading this book you come to my home and brutally murder me, I do not blame you.”

— Jesse Andrews

“It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it.”

— Markus Zusak

“The killed are dead, the bereaved are traumatized. The trauma may be converted to hatred that may be converted into revenge addiction.”

— Johan Galtung