Lawrence Block quotes

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. (Lawrence Block)

If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.

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If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

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Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?

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I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

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New 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.

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To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

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I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

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When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.

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Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

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I've always essentially been a New Yorker. (Lawrence Block)

I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

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