All Robert B. Parker Quotes
- Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. Advice
- Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University Inspirational
- Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon Book
- It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is… Able
- You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is. All
- Writer's block? I've never heard of a plumber complain about plumber's block. Block
- If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it… First Rule
- College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner. Been
- I got thrown out of school several weeks in my senior year being caught in the girls' dorm. This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm… Caught
- I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the… Achieved
- I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can… Any
- I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start… Actually Start
- I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even. Day
- I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause… Cause
- Yeah. Floyd is his batman. Batman
- Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing. Clue
- This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. Even to girls, I think. Dorm
- Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around. Follow
- I have reached the point where I know that as long as I sit down to write, the ideas will come. What they will be,… Down
- This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication.… Accepted
- Being a professor and working are not the same thing. The academic community is composed largely of nitwits. If I may generalize. People who don't… Academic
- 'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves. All
- For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them. Admiration
- Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?" "No. They only say that I'm good in the sack." "They are accurate but… Accurate
- We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That sounds terrific" I… Big