Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands of books, and even worked in publishing for 10 years. Who knew that nursing would be… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
You walk into someone's house and they're dying, or they've got a family member who is dying. Your needs are minor; you're there to… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having a really… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands… — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
![“I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was plausible for certain characters [was the challenge].” quote by Steven Amsterdam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a04/steven-amsterdam-38205_certain_i-could-imagine-that-a-character-could-d_3044108.jpg)
