Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman
Laura Lippmanis an American author of detective fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 January 1959
CountryUnited States of America
writing ignorance thinking
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris.
real book thinking
In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.
thinking talking cities
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 to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
thinking facts generations
I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.
thinking lines facts
But you were a goody-goody, you said.' 'Even goody-goodies think about such things. In fact, I would say that's what defines us. We're always thinking about the things we don't dare do, figuring out where the lines are drawn, so we can go right up to the edge of things, then plead innocence on the ground of a technicality.
strong nice thinking
It must be nice to be so strong and to think it's because you're so good, that you live right and eat right, so you deserve your health and happiness. But there is such a thing as luck, and there's more bad luck than good in this world.
series
I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.
running tape adore
I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.
uncles two grandparent
My family is really, really Southern - I had two uncle Bubbas, and grandparents that we called Big Mama and Big Daddy.
want longing moments
Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.
careers stuff hard
I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.
kids different responsible
It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.
smart luck lucky
it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.
selfishness size stinginess
stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.