James Sallis
Born: 01-01-1944
James Sallis is an acclaimed American author best known for his gripping crime fiction and noir novels. With a career spanning decades, he has penned numerous books, including the popular "Lew Griffin" series and the novel "Drive," which was adapted into a successful film. Sallis is also a poet, musician, and essayist, showcasing his versatile talent across multiple genres. His writing is celebrated for its lyrical style and complex characters.
Book summaries for books written by James Sallis
Quotes
Everything goes, everything returns; eternally rolls the wheel of being. Everything dies, everything blossoms again; eternally runs the year of being.
It was one of those days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
The world, someone once said, is a place of endless possibility.
There is always a moment when stories end, a moment when everything is blue and still and silent, and there is no more to be said or done.
We are our dreams, and our dreams are us. What we dream, we are.
How do we become who we are? How do we step into that self, that place of being?
The past is a circle that we never escape.
Life is a story, a sequence of events, and every story has to end.
We are all, in the end, the sum of our experiences.
The heart wants what it wants, and it doesn't care about logic or reason.
Fear can hold you prisoner; hope can set you free.
The truth may set you free, but first it will shatter the walls you've built around yourself.