“If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.”
“If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.”
Lawrence Block
“Being dead means never having to do anything sneaky.”
Lawrence Block, Burglars Can't Be Choosers“The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one...”
Lawrence Block, Manhattan Noir“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.”
Lawrence Block, The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams“If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.”
Lawrence Block, Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print“The New Your energy goes beyond anything you'll find anywhere else. It's too much for some people and it grinds them down, but it lifts up and animates the rest of us.”
Lawrence Block, Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty“Forgiving himself came easy to him. His, he'd come to realize, was a forgiving nature.”
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