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> [I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can read it and see it physically, but I can't accurately judge it. I'm too close to it. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-can-never-read-this-book-just-like-i-can-never-see-a-movie-that-i/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

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## More by Richard Price

> [I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-have-offices-all-over-the-place-and-i-avoid-work-everywhere-i-don-t/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/writers-spend-three-years-rearranging-26-letters-of-the-alphabet-it-s/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [“almost nobody made it out of the game in one piece, and almost everybody thought they would be the exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/almost-nobody-made-it-out-of-the-game-in-one-piece-and-almost/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [“On the nights they went to bed at the same time, Rocco would lie there and watch her go to the closet, watch her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/on-the-nights-they-went-to-bed-at-the-same-time-rocco-would-lie-there/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-was-a-little-slow-on-the/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/it-was-time-to-chuck-this-life-with-its-jo-jos-and-rodneys-its-bloody/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginning-to-end-in-five-minutes-i-m/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-write-because-i-write-as-anyone-in-the-arts-does-you-re-a-painter/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/and-what-is-the-religion-of-many-persons-but-a-kind-of-demonism-that/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [“In the beginning - not now, thank God - Patty was always sharing the important books of her life with him, like Black Elk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/in-the-beginning-not-now-thank-god-patty-was-always-sharing-the/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/you-don-t-write-about-the-horrors-of-war-no-you-write-about-a-kid-s/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-don-t-need-all-that-much-i-just-need-to-know-who-my-characters-are/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [I started thinking about my relationship with my students; I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-started-thinking-about-my-relationship-with-my-students-i-m-this/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [I write because I can't imagine not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-write-because-i-can-t-imagine-not-writing/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

> [I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-do-small-cameos-here-and-there-but-nothing-that-requires-more-than/)

[Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/)

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