My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run. Justin Cronin Read Quote
One of the traps or the pitfalls of writing a trilogy – or a triptych, or whatever term you want to use – is that the second book can be a long second act to get you from book one to book three, which borrows all of its energy from the first book. Justin Cronin Read Quote
I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice. Justin Cronin Read Quote
I’m an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad. Justin Cronin Read Quote
Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It’s one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it’s always going on. Justin Cronin Read Quote
I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse. Justin Cronin Read Quote