James Lee Burke
James Lee Burke
James Lee Burkeis an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won an Edgar Award for Black Cherry Bluesand an Edgar Award for Cimarron Rose, and has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwinand then Tommy Lee Jones. Burke's 1982 novel, Two for Texas, was made into a 1998 TV Movie by the same...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
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How do you caution a fawn about a cigarette a motorist has just flipped from his car window into a patch of yellow grass, or tell a sparrow that winged creatures eventually plummet to earth?
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You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day you're going to autograph them and sell them at auction.
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To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
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You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?
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Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.
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Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?
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Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
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The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
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Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.
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Write for the love of your art. Someplace down the road, the money, the fame, they'll come, but by that time you won't be thinking in terms of money or fame.
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Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.
ends
We all end up in the same place. Some sonner than others.
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Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue.
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Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death.