177 Quotes by Richard Kadrey

I prefer Abomination. It fits better on a T-shirt. I’d comp you one, but we don’t have any big enough for your ego.

All losers are romantics. It’s what keeps us from blowing our brains out.

Lions or tigers. They must be off somewhere waiting for the right moment to pounce. I like cats and don’t want to hurt one, but I will beat a lion to death with a shark if it tries to take a bite out of me.

How do you explain to someone that you understand their fear, then convince them that it’s going to be all right? In my experience, the more you talk about what scares them, the worse it gets. There’s not much to do but ride out the fear with them and try to keep them away from liquor and razor blades.

And his first name. Jeffrey spelled Geoffrey. Never trust a Geoffrey. Either they’re pretentious pricks or bitter that the family spelled their name funny.

I seldom feel trapped by my world. Setting up rules and restrictions is part of the process. It gives your world shape. I always look at these things like haiku: you have to work within certain parameters, but within them, you’re completely free.

Every time stupid rich people get ripped off, it makes them feel better about hating poor people.

You murder someone at the Ice Capades and the place goes apeshit. You blow someone’s head off in a war zone, people step over the body and have a snack.

The winners are the schemers and the ruthless who take what they want, not the suckers standing around hoping for an even break.