Quotes from J.A. Konrath

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.

There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published.

There's a word for an author who doesn't give up... published.

One of the greatest journeys in life is overcoming insecurity and learning to truly not give a shit.

We don't know the Devil's side of the story, because God wrote all the books.

Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

Some people are born with a fire inside them. The will to succeed. It isn't a learned behavior. It's just some unknown biological factor that makes them try harder.

Then I tug the toaster from the wall and swing the appliance around my head like a lasso. I'm not aiming to knock her out. I'm aiming to knock off her fucking head.

Back in August, I wrote a post about the supposed race to the bottom with ebooks, refuting some nonsense written by an establishment bonehead. This meme won't die. People are still convinced that new ebooks are going to be priced at ten cents, and writers will starve, and this will cause a second Great Depression where banks will close and people will be forced to buy Kindles with food stamps, and then the earth will enter another ice age where all the bunnies will freeze to death.

I wish I was like that. More carefree." "Anyone can be. People aren't carved out of marble. We're all works in progress. The trick is to define ourselves, rather than let outside influences define us.

I've got issues?" "You've got a whole subscription.

I think guns are just a symbolic substitute for male genitalia, and I'm okay in that respect." "Fine. If they get in the house, you can whack them with your genitals.

You know, you remind me of my younger brother. I miss that kid, so much that I sometimes regret killing him.

The most important job anyone can ever have is being a mother.

Chico was a small-time hustler and big-time loser who liked to bet the ponies and hit women. He was more successful at the latter.

I try not to watch the news. Too depressing.

Mark Twain once said that true bravery isn't the absence of fear, but the ability to act in the face of fear.

But after eating his one-thousandth sinner, Bob became prideful of his accomplishments, and that angered God." "Why would that anger God?" "This was the Old Testament. God got pissed off a lot. Didn't you ever read Job?

Some people are naturally brave. Others, like me, learn to fake it. I still had no idea if faked bravery and real bravery were the same thing.

You can't let the uncertainty of tomorrow interfere with the joy of today,

Success means nothing unless you have someone to share it with.

Personally, I wouldn't mind Alzheimer's. You buy one magazine, and you're entertained for the rest of your life.

Don't prioritize the mundane.

She nodded, taking his pistol and showing him the button to release the empty clip. "Where did you learn how to shoot?" he asked. "I teach high school.