John Shirley Quotes

"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."
- John Shirley
(Related: Rainbows)

"Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine."
- John Shirley
(Related: Nature, People, Artists, Writers)

"Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind."
- John Shirley
(Related: Innocence, Mind, State)

"I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images."
- John Shirley
(Related: People, Culture, Thinking, Trying)

"I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill."
- John Shirley
(Related: Paranoia, Right, Skill)

"I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it."
- John Shirley
(Related: Drugs, Words, Writing)

"I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic."
- John Shirley
(Related: Writing)