I’m constantly battling writer’s block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything. Martha Grimes Read Quote
There are people who read Tolstoy or Dostoevski who do not insist that their endings be happy or pleasant or, at least, not be depressing. But if you’re writing mysteries – oh, no, you can’t have an ending like that. It must be tidy. Martha Grimes Read Quote
I do read P.D. James because she pays much more attention to character, to a particular atmosphere or setting. But most mystery writers, I think, are controlled by the plot. Martha Grimes Read Quote
I don’t think I could have just kept writing the ‘Richard Jury’ books. It wasn’t that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else. Martha Grimes Read Quote
I’ll see something or hear something. Sometimes, it can be a color. Or a piece of music. Or an image of some kind. I see something, and it has huge emotional weight, although I have no idea why. Martha Grimes Read Quote
I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do – although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was. Martha Grimes Read Quote
I don’t have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it. Martha Grimes Read Quote
