I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care. Elizabeth George Read Quote
When I start a book, I write a minimum of five pages every day, except weekends. If I’m going on a ski trip, I take my computer with me, get up at six, do my five pages, and then go skiing. Elizabeth George Read Quote
I’m interested in the dark side of man. I’m interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness. Elizabeth George Read Quote
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective’s personal life, the circumstances of the crime and, most important, the atmosphere of the English countryside that functions as another character. Elizabeth George Read Quote
I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I’m trying to sleep. Elizabeth George Read Quote
While I’ve written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before… I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with. Elizabeth George Read Quote
The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel. Elizabeth George Read Quote
Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind – which become the seeds of plot. It’s scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time? Elizabeth George Read Quote