Jack Tate > Jack's Quotes

“Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me! How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Some of the stuff that I write really concerns me. If I'm not institutionalised by 30 I'll seriously question the judgement of my friends and family.”
― Jack Tate

“I'm a fiction writer not by choice, but by necessity. It's the only way I can say what I want without having to admit it's the truth.”
― Jack Tate

“When all is said and done, I hope people will judge me by who I am, not by what I've written.”
― Jack Tate

“Writing is my own personal therapy. It's cheaper than a real shrink and I get to kill people off when I grow bored of them.”
― Jack Tate

“Like some people in life, a lot of my characters have no future.”
― Jack Tate

“I write what I feel, fiction with a twist of truth. I don't write because I want to, I write because I have to.”
― Jack Tate