Is he nuts?" "I think the expression used to be 'touched by God'." "So that would be a yes. Jonathan Maberry More Quotes by Jonathan Maberry More Quotes From Jonathan Maberry When we look at the flowers, we suddenly forget so many important things. We forget that all flowers die. We forget that winter will come again. We forget that nothing really endures and that, like the flowers that die at the end of the growing season, we'll join them in the cold ground. Jonathan Maberry flowers die look winter I love weird science. I love weird action. I love weird characters. Jonathan Maberry weird action love science Like most writers, I read deeply into the genre in which I write. Jonathan Maberry read which write like When I first encountered the 'Sigma Force' novels - long before I became friends with Jim Rollins - a bookseller told me that these stories were about 'geeks with guns.' While not entirely accurate, that's pretty close to the mark, and that really speaks to me. Jonathan Maberry me friends force long Jim Rollins is the king of the weird science action genre. Jonathan Maberry king weird action science 'Bad Blood' tells the story of Trick, a teenage slacker on the losing side of a fight with cancer. When he's attacked by a vampire, he figures it's game over. Except that the chemo drugs in Trick's blood poison the vampire. Jonathan Maberry fight game bad losing When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it. Jonathan Maberry view place ego world I don't aspire to write like Steve King. Sure, I admire his work, and I think he's a hell of a nice guy; we met shortly after my first Stoker win. I aspire to write like Jonathan Maberry. Jonathan Maberry king win hell work I write every day. Most weekdays, I write about ten hours a day. That doesn't mean eight hours of surfing the Net or watching videos on YouTube. I park my butt in a chair and write... I learned that writer's block is a myth created by people who don't have, or understand, a writing process. Jonathan Maberry every-day day understand people With 'Extinction Machine,' I wanted to start some conversations about whether we're alone in the universe and what that might mean. Jonathan Maberry alone some start universe By the time I finished the first series, 'Marvel Universe vs. Punisher,' I knew that there was a lot more story to tell. Jonathan Maberry more story universe time Wolverine is a world-weary old warrior. His rage issue notwithstanding, I see him as someone with the tortured soul of a poet, but one who has seen too many friends and lovers die. Even with that, he has grown into a leader and a true hero. Jonathan Maberry die friends soul hero I have been an Avengers fan since the middle 1960s. I grew up with them, and I've imagined a hundred different versions of an Avengers movie. I think I even have a script I wrote back in eighth grade, 'Avengers vs. the Mole Man.' Truly dreadful, but a work of love. Jonathan Maberry think man work love