Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.

— Luke Taylor

Great relationships create great characters. Make them feel real. Alive. Tangible and unforgettable. Bad relationships kill them. Bury them. Make you wish they hadn't wasted your precious time.

— Luke Taylor

He'd failed them, the swimming goldfish of his life's tiny existence whom he held so dear in his heart; he'd turned his muses into mistakes and no one knew the difference but him.

— Luke Taylor

He took a deep breath in, still managing himself as if he were resisting temptation. He was a soldier, his father was in the service, too. Crying wasn't something Morel men did. They just didn't. He hadn't cried at Robbie Morel's funeral. So he wasn't going to now.

— Luke Taylor

His eyesight was possessed by the colors of trauma, cracking and bubbling like an old Super Eight film to remind him of his near-death drowning some two months ago in that very moment when he needed to act.

— Luke Taylor

I don't know who a character is till I look into their eyes.

— Luke Taylor

I just want you to know, I love the way you look at me. Make's me feel like everything's going to be okay.

— Luke Taylor

Life is about connection, not perfection.

— Luke Taylor

Of course, I believe in magic. I believe in storytelling.

— Luke Taylor

The sound of diesel fuel rushing through grimy pistons and cylinders below a morning-fogged window bored through his ears like a deep-water drill bit, and the thump of his own heartbeat cursed him for breaking one of his many rules.

— Luke Taylor