Blind Quote by Andrew Gross

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is…

— James Ellroy

The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless…

— Martha Beck

I was lucky: I feel like I've written four books that mean something to me, and one book that means everything to me, and…

— Markus Zusak

The man who tells me an indelicate story does me an injury.

— James Thomas Fields

My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.

— Karen Robards

A book has to dig through the wounds, more, it has cause a new one, a book it has to be dangerous.

— Emile M. Cioran

“Never let something you want to happen in a story tie the hands of your characters and especially not your villain. If your hero…

— Alex Woolfson

What do you do when you're no longer the hero of your own story?

— Michael Cunningham

The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in…

— Paul Auster

I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.

— Thomas Steinbeck

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with…

— Stanley Kubrick