I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“Kay came to realize that she preferred her books to other people’s company. Reading was not a fallback position for her but… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
For me, crime fiction was an opportunity to sneak up on readers with social issues, something they won't go out of their… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I like books steeped in the quotidian - details about work and place. You can learn how to run a chicken-and-waffle restaurant… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Edward Eager wrote a series of children's books that are in danger of being forgotten. But they're divine: stories about ordinary kids… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“Lately she’d been listening to books on tapes, fat womanly novels as she thought of them. Maeve Binchy, Gail Godwin, Marian Keyes.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Fiction needs writers and readers, and writers should cultivate both. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
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.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“John Updike, in that book you gave me, he said the dead make space. Do you know what I think? Updike doesn't… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“But the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was still a place of wonders to Tess, even if the book… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
People still struggle with this notion of gifted writers somehow being in touch with a higher power, but it's all about showing up and… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
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… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“I hate to think how many minutes of my life I've spent on goddamn hold. I want those minutes back. When death comes for… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the gym, in… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“She was furious, with the kind of fury peculiar to the nonpaying client. Those who can't afford private attorneys . . . assumed legal… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Baltimore has been a punchline/punching bag for years - I've landed a few blows, to be fair - but those old jokes are out… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
