I love crime fiction, and I’m proud to be part of it, but I’m not without criticism for my own genre. Laura Lippman Read Quote
I was part of a generation where kids had a lot of freedom and aimless downtime. I had no scheduled after-school activities. As long as you came home for dinner, everything was fine. Laura Lippman Read Quote
The verbs that are used for people who write quickly are almost never flattering. Laura Lippman Read Quote
In my newspaper days, your endings could be literally sliced off in the composing room, so it was dangerous to get attached to them. Yet I think this has made me work harder on endings in fiction. Laura Lippman Read Quote
Writers who don’t read can’t write well. It’s that simple. The more you read, the better you read, the better you’ll write. The upside is that you can’t read too much, and even ‘junk’ reading can be constructive. Laura Lippman Read Quote
If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I’d never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels. Laura Lippman Read Quote
I spent grades one through nine in Baltimore City, leaving for reasons that had nothing to do with the quality of education I was receiving. Laura Lippman Read Quote
