Lisa Lutz

I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.

— Lisa Lutz

I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we…

— Lisa Lutz

You can't be suspicious 24/7. It's too exhausting.

— Lisa Lutz

“Finally, I'd like to thank my readers for staying with me all these years. I especially want to thank the ones who…

— Lisa Lutz

Maggie is my sister-in-law, married to my brother David. She is a defense attorney who devotes 25 percent of her practice to…

— Lisa Lutz

The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry…

— Lisa Lutz

ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday. DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why? ISABEL: I was depressed. DR. RUSH:…

— Lisa Lutz

I usually have a sense of where my characters are personally and ways in which they might transform throughout the novel. But…

— Lisa Lutz

“But Vivien wasn't being given the chance to sow her wild oats. Speaking from a point of authority, it's best to get…

— Lisa Lutz

I've got no business giving advice to anyone. Even a fictional character.

— Lisa Lutz

Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention to you.

— Lisa Lutz

....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually…

— Lisa Lutz

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

— Lisa Lutz

You know what I'm thinking?' Maggie said. I had no idea. 'Nope,' David replied. Apparently David didn't know either. Maggie turned to…

— Lisa Lutz

I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there…

— Lisa Lutz

I'm sorry you're angry is not an apology.

— Lisa Lutz

If I were one of the three viable presidential candidates, I doubt I'd be too broken up about someone looking into my…

— Lisa Lutz

My mother, at sixty, is one of those classic beauties: all neck and cheekbones, sharp lines that hide her wrinkles from a…

— Lisa Lutz

“I was recently cautioned about some 'difficult' characters in a work-in-progress, and I was surprised at first to hear them labeled as…

— Lisa Lutz

We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I…

— Lisa Lutz

I was never obsessed with being adopted. I was simply curious about my biological parents.

— Lisa Lutz

I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre.

— Lisa Lutz

“It's not like I didn't think I had any demons. I did, but I could name them- and even provide an address…

— Lisa Lutz

'The Chosen,' if you recall, was based on the Chaim Potok novel and featured Robbie Benson's persuasive performance as a Hasidic Jew.

— Lisa Lutz

I have a weakness for tough guys who read." - Izzy Spellman

— Lisa Lutz