“In a world that encompasses so much pain and fear and cruelty, it is noble to provide a few hours of escape, moments of delight and forgetfulness.” — Dean Koontz
11 thoughts on “Quotable”
Yes, absolutely — ESCAPE! I find that to be true whether reading fiction or non-fiction (well I guess that wouldn’t be the case if you were reading a book on how to be depressed or something. LOL!)
And the great thing for writers is that we have both reading AND writing to use for escape. Another reason to keep on keeping on, even when we hit a snag in our books.
Amen! And, BTW, congrats – you made it into the NYT. Connections Puzzle yesterday. Well, Mike Romeo did.
Well, almost. 😁
Love it! 😍
“We will dance again.”
Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker (The Eternal One of Israel does not lie) NILI
For sure!
Absolutely! All of the above and I would add – Rejuvination! How many times during a dry spell have I read some great writing that has softly jolted me back to my own page with renewed vigour?
Escape matters, as Koontz notes above. Moreover, fiction can provide meaningful escape, looking at the complexities of the human heart, culture, society, religion, anything and everything of significance to us, matter how small or large.
The best comments I’ve gotten from readers starts with them telling me they were reading one of my books during a horrific time in their life and how much my story helped them.
Having been born on the leading edge of the Golden Age of Sci‑Fi, I’ve been gifted with a lifetime of escape. Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Campbell, Clancy, Cussler, Koontz, Bell… they provided comfort and entertainment when I was a long way from home, and they inspired me to want to write. No day in which they, or you, left someone with comfort, entertainment, or a smile was ever wasted.
Yes, absolutely — ESCAPE! I find that to be true whether reading fiction or non-fiction (well I guess that wouldn’t be the case if you were reading a book on how to be depressed or something. LOL!)
And the great thing for writers is that we have both reading AND writing to use for escape. Another reason to keep on keeping on, even when we hit a snag in our books.
Amen! And, BTW, congrats – you made it into the NYT. Connections Puzzle yesterday. Well, Mike Romeo did.
Well, almost. 😁
Love it! 😍
“We will dance again.”
Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker (The Eternal One of Israel does not lie) NILI
For sure!
Absolutely! All of the above and I would add – Rejuvination! How many times during a dry spell have I read some great writing that has softly jolted me back to my own page with renewed vigour?
Escape matters, as Koontz notes above. Moreover, fiction can provide meaningful escape, looking at the complexities of the human heart, culture, society, religion, anything and everything of significance to us, matter how small or large.
The best comments I’ve gotten from readers starts with them telling me they were reading one of my books during a horrific time in their life and how much my story helped them.
Having been born on the leading edge of the Golden Age of Sci‑Fi, I’ve been gifted with a lifetime of escape. Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Campbell, Clancy, Cussler, Koontz, Bell… they provided comfort and entertainment when I was a long way from home, and they inspired me to want to write. No day in which they, or you, left someone with comfort, entertainment, or a smile was ever wasted.
Very kind of you, sir.