Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block
Lawrence Blockis an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 June 1938
CountryUnited States of America
important stuff seems
When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.
pain long goes-on
And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.
stories ems stink
Stories are like assholes. Everybody's got one and most of 'em stink.
mother years giving
As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don’t have to give a rat’s ass about.
ideas people receptive
Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.
morning writing giving
One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I'll have lost nothing-writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.
eye people ears
Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?
inspirational destiny discovery
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.
hurt pain liars
I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.
waiting world knowing-god
It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.
travel adventure backpacking
Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.
men sick dinosaurs
Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't extinct, I'd go out an' kill 'em myself.
asking knows pointless
Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.
country new-york people
I don't know about the rest of the country but in New York more people have learned anonymity from rent control than ever discovered it in a twelve-step program.