These characters are not spontaneous creations. They are engineered down to the last nut and bolt. — John Sandford Bolt Copy Share Image
“Her Pan-Cake makeup was cracking like a dried-out Dakota lake bed.” — John Sandford Copy Share Image
“right. There’s DNA on those sheets. You got her, even if you don’t get” — John Sandford Evolution Copy Share Image
“David Birkmann? I can’t believe it. It’s like saying a duck did it.” — John Sandford David Copy Share Image
“LIKE ANY GOOD MINNESOTAN, Lucas rarely missed the TV weather before going to bed.” — John Sandford Lucas Copy Share Image
“I'll bring pajamas " she said. "Yeah? You have any idea how old I am?" "Not nearly as old as you're gonna… — John Sandford Total-human-holocaust Copy Share Image
“Flowers said, “I got two bottles of water in the car.” “Get them. And get your gun,” Lucas said. “The gun? You… — John Sandford Change Copy Share Image
“truth, that he wasn’t involved in the murder, but Virgil wasn’t yet ready to label him nope. After a moment, Virgil said,… — John Sandford Time Copy Share Image
“It’s the way of the world, man. There are the worker bees, and the manager bees. The worker bees take care of… — John Sandford Leader Copy Share Image
“He didn’t know if that was good or bad: concealed-carry people actually committed fewer felonies per year than cops did ” — John Sandford Amendment Copy Share Image
“We got all the big brains working on a reaction, but I'm telling you, there's no way we can no. Not with… — John Sandford Reaction Copy Share Image
“The day after the assignation with Barstad, the low stacked-heels of Charlotte Neumann, an ordained Episcopalian priest, author of New Art Modalities:… — John Sandford Total-human-holocaust Copy Share Image
“windows crowded with useless crap. Beeswax candles, leftover Christmas decorations at fifty percent off, a notice for a book signing by Trippton’s… — John Sandford Writer Copy Share Image
“The anger that was coursing through America deeply worried her. Although she was too young to remember the beginnings of the civil… — John Sandford Civil rights Copy Share Image
“I once defenestrated a guy. The cops got all pissed off at me. I was drunk, but they said that was no… — John Sandford Heard Defenestration Copy Share Image
Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing. — John Sandford Down and Copy Share Image
“TV. It’s like if you’re not on it, you don’t exist. The single most pernicious idea in our culture.” — John Sandford Culture Copy Share Image
Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations. — John Sandford Basements Copy Share Image
“When any worthwhile thing is done in the world, it's usually done by somebody weird.” — John Sandford John-sandford Copy Share Image
Catholics don't scream about Jesus, they scream about the bishop. — John Sandford Bishop Copy Share Image
“Haven’t seen so much screaming and yelling since I went to a goat-fuck out in South” — John Sandford Screaming Copy Share Image
You have the feeling that if you get a Pulitzer, you're somehow set for life. — John Sandford Feeling Copy Share Image
I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers. — John Sandford Cities Copy Share Image
“The thing about Botox is that when you've had too much, you then have to fake reactions just to look human--and it's… — John Sandford Botox Copy Share Image
“vegetables in your restaurants are not so good.” “Better in Russia?” Reynolds asked, interested. “I should say so,” Nadya said. “Also better… — John Sandford Better Copy Share Image
“He shook his head. “I don’t know. Someplace crookeder than here.” “You know a place crookeder than Dallas?” “Sure.” — John Sandford Shook Head Copy Share Image
“You mean, we should only beat up young people?” Davenport asked. “There are as many old assholes as there are young ones.… — John Sandford Boomers Copy Share Image
There's something about marriage that is not as intensely romantic or interesting as a couple's first meeting. — John Sandford Couple Copy Share Image
They don't have a lot of crime in the countryside other than theft. But every once in a while, things turn ugly,… — John Sandford Countryside Copy Share Image
“You’re saying the media is dangerous, immoral, and antidemocratic?” “Well . . . yes,” Henderson said. “They don’t recognize it in themselves, but they’re basically… — John Sandford Journalism Copy Share Image
“DDT stood for Dangerous Darrell Thomas. Thomas had given himself the name when he was riding with a motorcycle club and was… — John Sandford Total-human-holocaust Copy Share Image