Mark Z. Danielewski Quotes

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along.

Not all complex problems have easy solutions; so says science (so warns science.)

Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.

Sometimes it's just silent...No sound at all.
'Does that scare you?'
Chad nods.
'Why?' asks his father.
'It's like something's waiting.

I must read.
I must read.
I must read.

I do not know anything about Art with a capital A. What I do know about is my art. Because it concerns me. I do not speak for others. So I do not speak for things which profess to speak for others. My art, however, speaks for me. It lights my way.

Noli me tangere,
noli me legere,
noli me videre,
noli me

I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares.

Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.

Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.

Your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and you'll watch it for hours, for days, maybe even for years, trying in vain to believe you're some kind of indispensable, universe-appointed sentinel, as if just by looking you could actually keep it all at bay.