In the chain of events, it is arbitrary to be sentimental about the passing of any one link.

— Johnny Rich

Is cruelty still cruel if it is necessary? Is cruelty still cruel if it is part of a lie?

— Johnny Rich

Is it murder to kill a man if the man never existed? To the man it is.

— Johnny Rich

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

— Johnny Rich

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

— Johnny Rich

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

— Johnny Rich

I’ve often been criticized, but never critically wounded

— Johnny Rich

Job understood that he was nothing more than God’s invention and so too was his suffering

— Johnny Rich

Like all fiction, my lies are just my efforts to be truer than the truth.

— Johnny Rich

Nothing is over our heads if we hold them high enough.

— Johnny Rich