Neal Asher quotes

If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying. (Neal Asher)
For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next. View quote
Neal Asher
It wasn't until I had been writing on and off for maybe ten years that I started to establish any kind of routine, thought I couldn't put a finger on an exact date, and this routine relates simply to the aphorism 'How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.' View quote
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I have had periods when I've overused a word, 'candent' being one example, but I'm trying not to do that any more. View quote
Neal Asher
When you reach the editing stage, it is often the case that you can get too involved with the story to detect errors. You can see words in your head that aren't actually there on the page, sentences blur together and errors escape you, and you follow plot threads and see only the images in your skull. View quote
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Ive been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder. View quote
Neal Asher