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I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write.


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HENRY ROLLINS The GOP grows more and more unpopular with female voters seemingly every time one of its leaders get...
HENRY ROLLINS I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
HENRY ROLLINS I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are.
HENRY ROLLINS I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly. It is unavoi...
HENRY ROLLINS I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If ...
HENRY ROLLINS I don't see myself in the ring as a high flyer or brawler or technical guy, but I feel I can do ...
SETH ROLLINS When I think of Mick Jagger still singing that he can't get any satisfaction in over forty years...
HENRY ROLLINS Even though I am not hungry when I get up, I try to eat to get me ready for the day. Within an hour ...
HENRY ROLLINS 'Fox News' will one day come to an end. Led Zeppelin will not. It's as simple as that.
HENRY ROLLINS When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of per...
HENRY ROLLINS There was a period which I refer to as the 'Golden Age of Jazz,' which sort of encompasses t...
SONNY ROLLINS I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you&#...
HENRY ROLLINS I would hate to think that some people have found themselves in a musical cul-de-sac and have ceased...
HENRY ROLLINS With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the pr...
HENRY ROLLINS We hope to offload a tanker sometime today. We wanted to offload a tanker yesterday afternoon but we...
DALE ROLLINS Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing i...
HENRY ROLLINS Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite Ameri...
HENRY ROLLINS When I see the hatred exacted at Mr. Obama - you know, he lowered your taxes, killed your number one...
HENRY ROLLINS Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ec...
HENRY ROLLINS Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anyth...
KEVIN ROLLINS If I were a doctor, I would prescribe that you addict yourself deeply and irrevocably to music and n...
HENRY ROLLINS It might take some here and there, but Apple's market share in the global computer business has ...
KEVIN ROLLINS Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I ...
HENRY ROLLINS August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed he...
HENRY ROLLINS It's why real men just go out in the woods and howl. I must do it and get paid.
HENRY ROLLINS I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing...
HENRY ROLLINS Juan Williams is a very sharp guy.
HENRY ROLLINS Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps ...
HENRY ROLLINS You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over ...
SONNY ROLLINS I have always been a person who is concerned with the dignity of jazz music and the way jazz musicia...
SONNY ROLLINS I've been on 'Jay Leno,' and everyone likes Jay, but being on that show is a really bori...
HENRY ROLLINS What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop e...
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