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Top 15 David Morrell Quotes (2025 Update)

David Morrell Quote: “To all librarians everywhere, God bless you.”

1. “To all librarians everywhere, God bless you.”

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David Morrell Quote: “One generation’s idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation’s.”

2. “One generation’s idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation’s.”

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David Morrell Quote: “A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.”

3. “A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.”

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David Morrell Quote: “His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.”

4. “His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.”

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David Morrell Quote: “As much as I like it when a book I’m writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.”

5. “As much as I like it when a book I’m writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “We act upon assumptions that control our view of reality, even though reality might be quite different... By definition, what is unthinkable isn’t part of our reality... your assumptions about what is possible prevent you from accurately seeing the reality before you.”

6. “We act upon assumptions that control our view of reality, even though reality might be quite different... By definition, what is unthinkable isn’t part of our reality... your assumptions about what is possible prevent you from accurately seeing the reality before you.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they’ll be relevant.”

7. “As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they’ll be relevant.”

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David Morrell Quote: “People who know various movie versions don’t really know the story.”

8. “People who know various movie versions don’t really know the story.”

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David Morrell Quote: “Fasting is the only method of suicide permitted by the Catholic Church. All other ways imply despair, a distrust of God’s wisdom, an unwillingness to bear the hardships with which God tests his children. An absolute sin, suicide’s punishment is eternal damnation in the fires of Hell. But fasting is undertaken for the purpose of penance, meditation, and spiritual ecstasy. It purifies the spirit by denying the body. It brings a soul closer to God.”

9. “Fasting is the only method of suicide permitted by the Catholic Church. All other ways imply despair, a distrust of God’s wisdom, an unwillingness to bear the hardships with which God tests his children. An absolute sin, suicide’s punishment is eternal damnation in the fires of Hell. But fasting is undertaken for the purpose of penance, meditation, and spiritual ecstasy. It purifies the spirit by denying the body. It brings a soul closer to God.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “If he had really wanted to control himself, he could have. He simply had not wanted to control himself. To live his way, he had been determined to fight anyone who interfered. So all right then, in a way he had fought for a principle. But it was not that simple, because he had also been proud and delighted to show how good he was at fighting.”

10. “If he had really wanted to control himself, he could have. He simply had not wanted to control himself. To live his way, he had been determined to fight anyone who interfered. So all right then, in a way he had fought for a principle. But it was not that simple, because he had also been proud and delighted to show how good he was at fighting.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “Learn to respect a craftsman’s talent, to realize that a task done well seems easy but is terribly difficult.”

11. “Learn to respect a craftsman’s talent, to realize that a task done well seems easy but is terribly difficult.”

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David Morrell Quote: “Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile.”

12. “Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile.”

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David Morrell Quote: “Except that it was no more home, just the place where he had grown up, and that first day back, touring the once familiar places only made him realize that he had already lived close to half his life.”

13. “Except that it was no more home, just the place where he had grown up, and that first day back, touring the once familiar places only made him realize that he had already lived close to half his life.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.”

14. “A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.”

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David Morrell Quote: “When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.”

15. “When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.”

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David Morrell Quote: “I fear I am losing my mind. I do not mean “losing my grasp of reality.” I know perfectly well what is happening. But I am powerless to prevent the outcome. Each day, I have less strength of mind to resist.”

16. “I fear I am losing my mind. I do not mean “losing my grasp of reality.” I know perfectly well what is happening. But I am powerless to prevent the outcome. Each day, I have less strength of mind to resist.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.”

17. “At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.”

— David Morrell

David Morrell Quote: “Hey, what about you? That monastery didn’t make you soft, I hope.” “The Cistercians?” Chris laughed. “Make me soft? They’re the toughest order in the Catholic Church.” “They really don’t talk?” “Not only that. They believe in brutal daily work. I might as well have spent another six years in Special Forces.”

18. “Hey, what about you? That monastery didn’t make you soft, I hope.” “The Cistercians?” Chris laughed. “Make me soft? They’re the toughest order in the Catholic Church.” “They really don’t talk?” “Not only that. They believe in brutal daily work. I might as well have spent another six years in Special Forces.”

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David Morrell Quote: “For a colonel, the way you’re talking, you don’t seem to like the military very much.” “Of course I don’t. Who in his right mind would?”

19. “For a colonel, the way you’re talking, you don’t seem to like the military very much.” “Of course I don’t. Who in his right mind would?”

— David Morrell

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