I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.
Lawrence BlockPeople don't get to change things. Things change people once in a while, but people don't change things.
Lawrence BlockAs a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of imaginary people are apt to be a little strange'
Lawrence BlockNew York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.
Lawrence BlockThe short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.
Lawrence BlockOne thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I'll have lost nothing-writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.
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