109 Quotes by Eric Jerome Dickey

I told Chiquita if a man hadn’t made a date with her for a Saturday night before Saturday night, he didn’t want to be bothered with her on a Saturday night.

I was erotic. I was beautiful. I was powerful.

But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree.

I read this book, it said a woman should think of her virginity like it’s a window. And every time you sleep with a guy, it’s like letting him put his fingerprints on your window. Staining your glass.

It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book.

When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real.

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.