Greg Iles Quotes & Sayings
14 most famous Greg Iles quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a American novelist ..
“My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor.”
“I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.”
“Like my best friend, I asked for drums for Christmas, and got them. But when he moved on to guitar, I realized two things: (1) guitar is a much more expressive instrument, (2) way more girls pay attention to guitar players than to drummers.”
“The South is the home of 'an eye for an eye.' 'Turning the other cheek'? The South can't see that.”
“Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life.”
“My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant for a decade; I dug ditches and loaded trucks with black men who taught me more than any book ever could; and I graduated from Ole Miss. Anyone who survived that is a de facto expert on the South.”
“I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues.”
“Some things we must pass over in silence.”
“My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late '50s and early '60s. As a result, he and my mother - both native southerners - were acutely aware of what had happened during the Holocaust.”
“And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out.”
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