City Quote by Laura Lippman

“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,…

— Laura Lippman

People still struggle with this notion of gifted writers somehow being in touch with a higher power, but it's all about showing up and…

— Laura Lippman

Every person you meet has a story.

— Laura Lippman

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work…

— Laura Lippman

“I hate to think how many minutes of my life I've spent on goddamn hold. I want those minutes back. When death comes for…

— Laura Lippman

I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the gym, in…

— Laura Lippman

...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and…

— Laura Lippman

“She was furious, with the kind of fury peculiar to the nonpaying client. Those who can't afford private attorneys . . . assumed legal…

— Laura Lippman

We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar,…

— Laura Lippman

My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations.

— Laura Lippman

I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have…

— Laura Lippman

Baltimore has been a punchline/punching bag for years - I've landed a few blows, to be fair - but those old jokes are out…

— Laura Lippman