97 Quotes by Johnny Rich

A thrilling story can be dull if told badly, but even the most mundane event can be elevated into a tale of epic scale by a good storyteller.

Rejection is no badge of honour.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

Anyone can be a story. Everyone is.

Is cruelty still cruel if it is necessary? Is cruelty still cruel if it is part of a lie?

Like all fiction, my lies are just my efforts to be truer than the truth.

The bacteria of resentment bred: distance turned to distrust; distrust turned to bitterness; bitterness to hate, which is, after all, a kind of grievous love

To be motivated to write a novel, I need to be unable not to write.

Those who perpetrate stories must act cruelly.