Jeff Lindsay
Jeff Lindsay
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth14 July 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.
dexter family love
I wanted Dexter to have a family that could love him and understand him.
sees
The law, as an institution, avoids justice, subverts it, just as often as it sees it done.
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If you look at the primitive societies that we know about, the worst thing that could have happened to you was to be captured and be turned over to the women.
rejected success
I didn't expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town.
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I made a deliberate choice to write something people would enjoy, not knock people out with 'Boy, he can really put a clause together!'
considered
If you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession.
capital eliminate
I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.
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Marvel Comics has always been a place where I felt at home. It has been a very important part of my life and has always been a wellspring of creative and relevant ideas.
slips
I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.
cheapen good
'Dexter' has been very, very good to me. I would rather stop doing it than cheapen it.
taste
We're predators; we don't eat meat because it's handy, we eat meat because we have a taste for blood.
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I don't know if you have noticed this, but it is quite possible for two human beings to have a conversation in which one or both parties involved has absolutely no idea what they're talking about.
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What a terrible thing life can be.