Books Quote by Janet Evanovich Download Open image “I had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction.” — Janet Evanovich ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Crime fiction Done Little Little Romance Move Romance Books
When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels. — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Doing crime films...maybe it's to some extent a matter of taste. Certainly my first novel had a criminal element and was about the similarity… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write a book. Not a romance novel. Maybe a crime thriller. Something with action. Maybe that will happen some day. — Becky Sauerbrunn Copy Share Image
The first time I read a crime novel - I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book - it took some time… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
I love crime fiction, and I'm proud to be part of it, but I'm not without criticism for my own genre. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
By about the sixth romance I knew I wasn't in exactly the right place. I liked writing action. And I wanted to write a… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
“His pager beeped, and he looked at the readout. “I have to get back to Deal. Do you have any secret weapons in your… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Are we fighting?" I asked Morelli. "No. Were discussing." "Are you sure?" "Am I yelling?" Morelli asked. "Is my face purple? Are the cords… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“changed expression. Wariness, maybe. I felt a body move so close it was skimming my own, and a warm hand protectively settled at the… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Mooner was walking around laying his hands on the cars, divining karma. "this is it", he said, standing by a small khaki-colored jeep."this car… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“Ranger was waiting. He was dressed in black slacks, a form-fitting black T-shirt, and a black blazer.” — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn’t be so inclined to jump up… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Way back before the 'Alex Barnaby' series was first published, we were talking with Dark Horse then about making it into a graphic novel… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“He wears jeans, untucked shirts, and a Glock 19, and he has a big shaggy dog named Bob.” — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
