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1 " My job takes up many daylight hours, it wakes me in the still of night and fills my head with ghosts and monsters but I love it, telling stories is what I was born to do. "
― Ken Scott
2 " Fate is a fickle bitch. Just when you believe you've secured the goose that lays the golden egg, she back heels you in the bollocks. "
― Ken Scott , Jack of Hearts
3 " Life is like a boxing match, keep on throwing those punches and one of them will land.Kevin Lane - The Shawshank Prevention "
4 " Life is indeed a storm and while there are times you can sit and watch from the safety of a window pane there are moments you need to grit your teeth and take on the wind and the rain. "
5 " Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End "
6 " Many a good story has been found in the bottom of a decent Rioja. "
7 " Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university. "
8 " It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to ease those words onto the page. "
9 " It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. "
10 " If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read. "
11 " Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being. "
12 " Books, I read them for one reason and one reason only so that I can appear more educated than I actually am. "
13 " War creates murderers and profiteers. Wherever there is conflict you'll find a man ready to torture, rape and kill in the name of The Cause and to line his pocket with a quick easy buck. "
14 " Finishing a book has massive implications for the writer, an empty head and an empty bank account springs to mind. "
― Ken Scott , The Sun Will Still Shine Tomorrow
