01UndatedDude, you're scaring the crap out of me,' said Nick. 'I'm serious, I literally have no crap right now.Mark Frost / quote ↗
02UndatedIt is not the ink and the paper that matter, but the hand that holds the pen.Mark Frost / quote ↗
03UndatedGood literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.Mark Frost / quote ↗
04UndatedWords lose their meaning when you look at them too long. ‘God.’ ‘Science.’ Meaning.Mark Frost / quote ↗
05UndatedWe are creature of darkness and light, capable of barbarism and limitless cruelty, and also love, and laughter and the creation of the most sublime beauty. We are both these things, clearly, but which are we more of?Mark Frost / quote ↗
06UndatedA secret's only a secret as long as you keep it. Once you tell someone it loses all its power -- for good or ill -- like that, it's just another piece of information. But a real mystery can't be solved, not completely. It's always just out of reach, like a light around the corner; you might catch a glimpse of what it reveals, feel its warmth, but you can't know the heart of it, not really. That's what gives it value: It can't be cracked, it's bigger than you and me, bigger than everything we know.Mark Frost / quote ↗
07UndatedA wise man once told me that mystery is the most essential ingredient of life, for the following reason: mystery creates wonder, which leads to curiosity, which in turn provides the ground for our desire to understand who and what we truly are.Mark Frost / quote ↗
08UndatedMysteries precede humankind, envelop us and draw us forward into exploration and wonder. Secrets are the work of humankind, a covert and often insidious way to gather, withhold or impose power. Do not confuse the pursuit of one with the manipulation of the other.Mark Frost / quote ↗
09UndatedIf man could apply half the ingenuity he’s exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there’s no limit to what he might yet accomplishMark Frost / quote ↗
10UndatedLife is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming .... WoW, what a ride.Mark Frost / quote ↗
11UndatedIn my experience, what defines a crime depends on who’s getting screwed.Mark Frost / quote ↗
12UndatedMoving forward in time, it is important that we learn to distinguish between mysteries and secrets. Mysteries precede humankind, envelop us and draw us forward into exploration and wonder. Secrets are the work of humankind, a covert and often insidious way to gather, withhold or impose power. Do not confuse the pursuit of one with the manipulation of the other.Mark Frost / quote ↗
13UndatedThere’s no question that Laura – in more than one way, for many reasons – danced with the devil and paid a terrible price.Mark Frost / quote ↗
15UndatedOne of the things that's unique about Louisiana politics is that people here have a much more realistic attitude about who their politicians are. They know they are human and not saints or Mormons or Eagle Scouts.Mark Frost / quote ↗
16UndatedWooden was the coach for the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest sports coach we ever had.Mark Frost / quote ↗
17UndatedThe architecture for 'Paladin' - given that it's at least three books, with the possibility of more - turned out to be bigger than anything I've ever created, with multiple levels of reality, interlocking mysteries and a terabyte of time frame.Mark Frost / quote ↗
18UndatedDear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by.Mark Frost / quote ↗
19UndatedTrue violence, not the kind you usually see in television or movies, touches something very deep and primal in people.Mark Frost / quote ↗
20UndatedThere is a design behind the world that we are living in, which is veiled to most of us most of the time, but every once in a while, you catch a glimpse of it.Mark Frost / quote ↗
