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David Morrell Biography

David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages. He also wrote the 2007–2008 Captain America comic book miniseries The Chosen.

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A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.

Carries, Feelings, Reality, Thriller, Thrillers, Truth

His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.

Kentucky, Kid, Kids, Military, Nothing, Standing

To all librarians everywhere, God bless you.

Everywhere, God, God Bless, God Bless You, Librarian, Librarians

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.

Fiction, Inferior, Inferiors, Practitioners, Type

A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.

Cerebral, Emotion, May, Mystery, Thriller, Thrilling

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story.

People, Stories, Story, Various, Versions

I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest in thrillers, and it occurred to me that Hemingway wrote many action scenes: the war scenes in 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' come to mind. But the scenes don't feel pulpy.

Arms, Farewell, Mind, Philip, War, Wrote

As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.

Book, Eager, Like, Rushing, Writing

Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.

Book, Results, Ultimate, Writers, Writing

At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.

Analyzing, Entertain, Ideally, Reflect, Thrillers, World

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant.

Authors, Long, Our World, Relevant, Thrillers, World

Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile.

Book, Life, Technique, Worthwhile, Years

You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, 'This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I'm doing the best I can - buy me or not - but this is who I am as a writer.

Being Yourself, Effect, Who I Am, Write, Writer, Writing

One generation's idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation's.

Different, Fast, Generations, Idea, Ideas, Pace

". . . What if?" Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world.

Alchemy, Two, What If, Words, World

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

Firsts, Mantra, Teach, Version, Writer, Writing