P. > P.'s Quotes

“Being a writer isn’t about writing what you want or what you’re comfortable with. It’s about having a unique awareness and ability to faithfully retell the stories of others.”
― P. Anastasia

“Make good art.”
― Neil Gaiman

“Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...
I'm just following these people around and taking notes.”
― P. Anastasia

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
― George Orwell

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“Person 1: "Stay back....I have a demon inside of me."

Person 2: "Let me get closer...I have a hell inside me where your demons can live."

(from Dark Winter, #2 - out Halloween 2014)”
― John Hennessy

“God, please let this not be our last dance...”
― P. Anastasia, Fire Starter

“I feel pretty sure I know why the dinosaurs went extinct. They were waiting for Sam to pick out a cell phone case.”
― P. Anastasia, Fire Starter

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire