Quotes by : Victor LaValle

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's....

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

If you haven't caused a scene in a psych unit, it's just because you haven't been inside long enough.....

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

Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.

Before September 11, the skinny, jittery black guy made security think one thing: drug mule. But after....

I’m always looking for the monster. Not even just in horror. I want them in everything. Just give me....

That’s the funny thing,” she said. “Men always want to die for something. For someone. I can see....

Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.

Lonely women destroy themselves lonely men threaten the world.