“Strike experienced a moment of pure clarity: he would never make it out of here, would never rise above his current position as Rodney’s lieutenant, because all the intelligence and prudence and vision came to nothing if it wasn’t tempered… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished. — Richard Price Copy Share Image
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day. — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“almost nobody made it out of the game in one piece, and almost everybody thought they would be the exception.” — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“On the nights they went to bed at the same time, Rocco would lie there and watch her go to the closet, watch her… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“It was time to chuck this life, with its Jo-Jos and Rodneys, its bloody burning children and walking-dead parents, just kick dirt over the whole show, like a cat burying its shit.” — Richard Price Copy Share
If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
“In the beginning - not now, thank God - Patty was always sharing the important books of her life with him, like Black Elk Speaks, The Golden Bough, and Hero with a Thousand Faces.” — Richard Price Copy Share
You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road. — Richard Price Copy Share Image
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
