Witness Quote by Robert M. Gates

“the Shitstorm Survivors’ Club. Christ,”

— J.R. Ward

“If I'm not thinking about one shit storm, I have to think about another.”

— Karen M. McManus

“The next thing I knew I was listening to five people shouting. What was that all about, anyway?”

— Cassandra Clare

“All the while I rattled off a long list of curses in the soundproofed room of my mind.”

— Lia Habel

“Oh, I know what to do when I see victuals coming toward me in little old Bagdad-on-the-Subway. I strike the asphalt three times with…

— O. Henry

“This was supposed to be yesterday. I was sitting on the Cardiff/London train, supposedly about to write this very column, and realising something quite…

— Steven Moffat

“It was the sort of place where you could hear the tumblers of your mind falling into place as you pieced thought together, as…

— Jodi Picoult

“There was a lot of pot and kettle going on here.”

— Abigail Roux

“For me, life has always been the storm. The storm and watching from the window for the thing that could stop it, even if…

— Sarah Pinborough

“I imagined there must be hundreds and thousands and millions of people quiet in the dark out there, waiting with baited breath for me,…

— Elaine Dundy

“And I got to stop thinking there's what was and what will be, and start thinking there's a story in between.”

— Joseph McElroy

“I walked slowly, my eyes focused on the gravel beneath me. I didn’t know where I was going, not that I cared. I just…

— Nicole Sobon