One 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… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore.” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“that would have hidden the decades of filth that had left their stamp upon the wooden floor.” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
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… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“Your unconscious mind takes the things you can’t handle and plays with them while you sleep until some of the sharp corners are worn… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
