You solve all the riddles, find all the clues… then you get a prize.
You had no right to Scott Landon. Not when he was alive and not now that he’s gone on.[to Lisey]
Well, you know what they say. Opinions are like a**holes. Everyone’s got one.[to Lisey]
We novelists, you know, we have to worry about motivation, beware of coincidence, you know, and describe the situations, which is total bulls***. Life doesn’t work like that. Never did.
There’s something you have to understand about the pool. Every poet, artist, storyteller, they go to the pool. It’s dangerous, but it also heals and renews. Like the human imagination.[to Lisey]
The pool didn’t just heal. It had the power to fascinate.
The awards don’t matter. The stories matter.
Stories are all I have. And now I have you.[Lisey Landon: Why are they so important to you?]
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Sometimes you have to let the story tell itself.
Oh, you have a lawyer? Yeah, well, I have a bunch. I also have $60 million, so if we decide to ass f*** you, you’re gonna be bleeding for a long time.[to Roger Dashmiel]
My prize is learning how to be alone. Which is not much of a prize.
Most of them love you, but it only takes one who doesn’t.[to Scott]
