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John Shirley
American
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About the author
I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#Nature
#Empathy
Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#Rainbows
Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#People
#Writers
#Artists
#Nature
Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#State
#Mind
#Innocence
I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#People
#Thinking
#Culture
#Trying
I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#Right
#Paranoia
#Skill
I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#Words
#Writing
#Drugs
I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.
John Shirley,
American
Author
#Writing