79 Quotes by Marcus Sakey

I've always been fascinated by mythology or, in modern parlance, by X-Men or vampires.

For me, the best moments in storytelling are the ones where I feel I'm discovering something.

The first job of a storyteller is to make the reader feel the story, to get the reader to live in the skin of the character.

I'm not at all upset to be considered a crime novelist. But for me, it's never really about the crime or the violence. I'm much more interested in exploring issues.

One of the things that I love about crime novels is that you can turn the volume all the way up. If I can make somebody blow their subway stop, I win.

In 1791, the right to bear arms to defend against an over-reaching government wasn't theoretical. Today, it's hard to imagine physical weapons serving the same purpose. But it's easy to see how hacktivists might - especially if you broaden the opponents to include hate groups and rapacious multinationals.

As the Occupy Movement demonstrated, it's tough to change anything when you're talking about everything.

For me, one of the hallmarks of a really great book is that I'm seeing it in my head while I'm reading.

As an author, it's a strange process to watch your novel turned into a movie. It's tremendously exciting but somewhat voyeuristic; after all, novelists are rarely involved in the process.