184 Quotes by Victor LaValle

He didn't look like a wealthy man, but it was the well-off who could afford such a disguise. You had to be rich to risk looking broke.

He was still on his “two Van Goghs” point. He put his hand on the armrest of her chair. He said, “But the second Van Gogh is just a guy named Vincent. Vincent lived for thirty-seven years. Van Gogh only came to life after Vincent died. Same man, two people.

Writing to corroborate what you already think is the essence of bad writing.

And no matter how hard you work, men always make time to tell their stories.

When you have to save the ones you love, you will become someone else, something else. You will transform. The only real magic is the things we'll do for the ones we love.

Taken together the Internet reads like the grandest character-driven novel humanity has ever known. Not much plot though.

A little style is a good thing, but you can’t trust a person who won’t be ugly in front of you.

There are no secrets anymore. Vampires can't come into your house unless you invite them. Posting online is like leaving your front door open and telling any creature of the night it can enter.

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the plot, in the most minor character who crosses the page. It's all your voice.