Jane Haddam
Jane Haddam
Orania Papazoglou, better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, is an American mystery writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
confused history people
People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.
husband hate care
My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.
art years editors
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.
school son schedules
I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.
opposites nuggets littles
Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.
way action problem
If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.
passion two ends
If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?
character way emphasis
You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.
respect self-esteem self
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.
mistake people consistency
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.
real real-life being-real
Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.
education training sake
Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.
new-york thinking cities
The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.
fighting advice half
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.