Later, in the afternoon, I read what I did that morning. It’s almost always a surprise. But I can read it rationally; edit, polish, re-write, and think what I might do tomorrow in the early darkness. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
I question every word; I write ‘the’ and immediately feel scorn. It’s such an ordinary word – everybody uses it – why can’t I come up with something original? In the sunlight, every single word seems hackneyed. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
In the afternoon, it’s impossible to put down any new words. I don’t even try. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
I had been writing poems and stories since I learned to make letters. I had placed poems in a hardcover anthology at the age of 6. And I knew more big words than anyone else in the 10th grade. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
It was a tremendous stroke of good luck that the show got Michael C. Hall to play the part. Everyone I’ve talked to thinks Michael is a perfect ‘Dexter,’ which never happens. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
No TV show in history, no movie ever made – nothing you can imagine as being written or filmed or performed can turn a normal human being into a Dexter. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
I certainly try to avoid getting bogged down in forensics. There is certainly a whole lot of other writers who know a lot more than me about it. I know enough about it to do a little bit of background on laboratory techniques and stuff. But it kind of bores me. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
I didn’t expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town. Jeff Lindsay Read Quote
