Stephen Coonts Quotes

#1. The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

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#2. Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

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#3. Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

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#4. The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

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#5. The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.

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#6. It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

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#7. All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

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#8. A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

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#9. Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

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#10. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.

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#11. Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

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#12. Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.

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