Max Hawthorne Quotes & Sayings

It is good to know one's enemy.
It is better to know one's self. — Max Hawthorne

Inspiration is like perspiration. It tends to strike at the most inopportune of times. — Max Hawthorne

When it comes to creating compelling fiction, the devil may be in the details, but it is your imagination that ultimately allows your work to spread its wings and take flight. And fly it must. Only by soaring above the clouds of doubt can one truly achieve a suspension of disbelief — Max Hawthorne

Life's already a gamble. Don't let love be one, too. — Max Hawthorne

A writer's mind is like a teapot. The words build up in your head until you just gotta let 'em out. — Max Hawthorne

Writer's Block: making authors miserable since the Stone Age. — Max Hawthorne

Reading consists of perusing razor-thin slices of perpetuity, wrenched from the heart of a murdered tree, and infused with the dark blood that swirls within the hidden depths of every writer's soul. It is their combined angst - the author's and the tree's - that we partake of when we immerse ourselves in the pages of a book. — Max Hawthorne

I don't believe in your God. And he sure as hell doesn't believe in me. — Max Hawthorne

The trouble with competitors' sycophants is they don't know where to put their tongues. Here's a suggestion: Try behind your teeth. With your mouth shut. — Max Hawthorne

Take a kid fishing; if nothing else, you'll capture their imagination. — Max Hawthorne

Is the pen really mightier than the sword? I suppose that depends on how sharp the pen is, and the strength of the warrior wielding it. — Max Hawthorne

The secret to my success is actually simple: I failed so many times that succeeding eventually became a mathematical certainty. — Max Hawthorne

I saw a post the other day, where someone wrote that, when they walk through a library, they touch the spines of all the books they've read , as a way of greeting their favorite characters . . .

Try that with one of my novels, and you'll walk away counting your fingers! — Max Hawthorne

When it comes to overcoming writing hurdles, getting sick is like suffering a review from a critic with an axe to grind; you can't let it get you down! — Max Hawthorne

There are certain things money can't buy. Chief among these are manners, class, honor and integrity. Oh, and sanity. Let's not forget that one . . . — Max Hawthorne

I like big back-stories and I cannot lie. — Max Hawthorne

To make love last, you've got to treat it like the ultimate poker hand; you've got to go all in. — Max Hawthorne

Those who can write, write.
Those who can't, criticize. — Max Hawthorne

Sometimes, I'll craft a scene that's so poignant; on the last keystroke I'll raise my hands high overhead and scream "Yes!" at the top of my lungs. I have yet to experience an orgasm so powerful and fulfilling. — Max Hawthorne

Take a kid fishing. You'll capture their imagination. — Max Hawthorne

Hone your writing skills as if they were your finest weapons of war. For in the literary arena, your pen will truly be your sword. — Max Hawthorne