If you can't figure out how to make the beginning of your book compelling, you're probably not writing a compelling book. — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
I spend a huge amount of time writing about the book instead of writing the actual text. — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary occupation; we don't really have any colleagues. — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
I worked in the book publishing business for nearly two decades before I turned my attention to writing, first with a couple… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
After college, I was burdened with student loans to repay, no financial cushion, so I wasn't in a position to bet everything… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
Having 'The Expats' not be 'wholesale-y' rejected by the world made it possible for me to write the second book and have… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“They were ticking off items on a to-do list that was magnet-attached to the fridge. There were nineteen items on the list. They'd crossed… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
Lexicon grabbed me with the opening lines, and never let go. An absolutely thrilling story, featuring an array of compelling characters in an eerily… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“You talking about computer weaknesses?" "Yes. But also human weaknesses." "Meaning what?" "Meaning the types of weaknesses that make humans let down their guard.… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“She didn’t want to give the murder-pornography frame by frame. Didn’t want to recite her route across Manhattan, the length of the knife blade… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
In 'The Travelers,' everyone is defined by his or her relationship to work. I put each character on a different rung of the ladder:… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“It was impossible to understand how brief it is. It seemed like youth would last so long; it would last forever. But it's just… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Back before her life had begun to unravel. Or before she knew it was unraveling.” — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“I thought you make your living as a thief." "No," he said. "That’s what I do for fun.” — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
There's so much published by so many different publishers. Most of the time, I don't have to confront that, but walking into a conference… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Circumstantial evidence may not be enough to convict. But it’s almost always enough to reveal the truth. Isn’t it?” — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“It hasn't taken long to find herself thinking that people are watching. And that they always have been, all the time. It was only… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
