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William Landay has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.
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There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.
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Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.
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Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
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I am interested in computers and technology, and art, photography, and design.
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I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.
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I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
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I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.
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I'm a bit of a tech geek myself.
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Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.
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You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.
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Genes are not simple triggers. No one is hardwired to commit murder or any other crime. Our actions are always the result…
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Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster.
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I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer.
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