Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by John Shirley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author John Shirley.

Last updated on September 10, 2024.

John Shirley is an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, westerns, and songwriting. He has also written one historical novel, a western about Wyatt Earp, Wyatt in Wichita, and one non-fiction book, Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas. Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts and screenplays—including The Crow—and has published over 84 books including 10 short-story collections. As a musician, Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. His newest novels are Stormland and Axle Bust Creek.

American - Author | Born: February 10, 1953

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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

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

John Shirley

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

John Shirley

I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

John Shirley

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

John Shirley

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

John Shirley

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

John Shirley

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

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

John Shirley

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

John Shirley

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

John Shirley

As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.

John Shirley

Misha's importance and distinctiveness are beginning to be noticed, there's beginning to be some kind of rip-tide here that will soon become a wave of recognition for a book that the world is beginning to catch up to... We weren't ready before. We'd better be ready now. Because it's the 21st century, any minute now, and that means that Misha's time has come. In more ways than one.

John Shirley

I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

John Shirley

I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.

John Shirley