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
writing rejection one-day
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.
rejects-you rejection way
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
rejects-you rejection inventory
There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
rejection one-day auctions
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
yellow car earth
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?
sloth talent misuse
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
writing two choices
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?
clever loss age
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.
trying umbilical-cord like-you
Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?
voice matter hearing
Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
jesus knights agamemnon
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
artist games stuff
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.
artist vision remember
The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.
art writing thinking
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.