Justin Alcala Quotes

“Never give your opinion on someone's writing unless they ask sincerely, and never ask for someone's opinion unless you're sincere.”

“The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.”

“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.”

“I don't remember ever signing up for weird. It just sort of happened.”

“We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.”

“The best horror novels open up, "It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air.”

“The most formidable adversary of evil is a persistent man with a loud conscience.”

“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?”

“Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he was staying, and came to Alcala, that he, too, might be cast into prison.”

“One day, I got so disgusted that I sat down and wrote a list called 'Justin's list of things to do before he kicks the bucket.' I wrote it for myself and shortened it to 'Justin's Bucket List.' It was there on the wall, not as a story idea but as a motivational tool for myself, which actually ended up working pretty well.”