“A lie was like a dead coyote. The longer you leave it, the more it smells.”
-Anthony Horowitz, Moriarty
Tag: Reading
“Bad things happen and then they’re over, but where do they go?”
-Megan Abbott, The Fever
“I get sad every time I hear a person say ‘I don’t read.’ It’s like saying ‘I don’t learn,’ or ‘I don’t laugh,’ or ‘I don’t live.'”
-Alafair Burke
“Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.”
-Karin Slaughter
“Indecision is the key to flexibility.”
-Kathy Reichs
“There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.”
-Laura Lippman
“Pain is very useful. It warns you of danger, teaches you of hazards and provides consequences for your actions.”
-Lisa Gardner, Fear Nothing
“How much maltreatment and exploitation could someone handle before losing self-control?”
-Mary Kubica, Pretty Baby
“A great novel is the record of how a character fights with death.”
-James Scott Bell, Write Your Novel From the Middle
“Hope for the best, plan for the worst.”
-Lee Child
