When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.
David MorrellYour obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.
David MorrellI 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.
David Morrell