It must be nice to be so strong and to think it's because you're so good, that you live right and eat right, so you deserve your health and happiness. But there is such a thing as luck, and there's… — 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
