I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character. — Jane Haddam Copy Share Image
People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of… — Jane Haddam Copy Share
I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on… — Jane Haddam Copy Share
You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put… — Jane Haddam Copy Share
If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for? — Jane Haddam Copy Share
Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously. The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now.… — Jane Haddam Copy Share
I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in. — Jane Haddam Copy Share
