"Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is……" — Justin Cronin
"Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it."
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65 Quotes by Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin has 65 quotes on this site.
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The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant
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Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.
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My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain,…
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One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same…
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You learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.
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On a fading summer evening, late in the last hours of his old life, Peter Jaxon-son of Demetrius and Prudence…
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Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.
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So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we…
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And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.
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And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.
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Choosing writing as a career, just by itself, is a measure of not being a calculating person.
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I like creating villains.
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