In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as you're composing all of the ramifications of each move, of each choice you make. — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“He closed his eyes, shook his head. If he could get her alone somewhere, somewhere completely private, he'd kill her. He would break a… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
The best compliment came from Knopf's Sonny Mehta. We were at lunch in New York with my editor, Gary Fisketjon, it was my first… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“...in response to whatever Alice was struggling with, whatever had caused her to withdraw from him, he had chosen the arms of another woman… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“Everyone should be lucky enough to be loved for a long time. To know what that was like--to be loved and to change, to… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I think that if you have a knack for storytelling, and you work really hard at it, you'll have a chance to tap into… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the knowledge as… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I'll never forget reading Chekhov's "A Doctor's Visit" on a train to Hawthorne, New York, and I got to the end - the scene… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
'Mr. Peanut' is not about a man who dreams of killing his wife; that's jacket copy, to me. 'Mr. Peanut' is about the dynamism… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
By examining characters lighting the way to hell, as it were, are readers spared iniquity? Are stories a heeded warning, or merely an entertainment?… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I studied Hitchcock and Josef von Sternberg under Richard Dillard at Hollins, and that year under his tutelage just completely rewired my brain. Both… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
“The thoughts just before the event are like the fortune in the cookie. The fortune's as random as the thought.” — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
