Brian Keene quotes

Brian Keene quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.”
-- Brian Keene

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“Jesus Christ-" "Is Not here right now," the man in black replied,"and even if he were, he could not save you.”
-- Brian Keene

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“Know your genre. Know your history. Read a book.”
-- Brian Keene

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“This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.”
“Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.”
“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
“A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.”
“Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.”
“Writing essays and teaching composition have helped me immensely in writing poetry, because they've forced me to focus on the structure of ideas.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
“I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that's relevant to real people, and that would allow us to reflect and learn about ourselves.”
“When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.”
“There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.”
“The swells were amazing! As big as three-story apartment buildings!”

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