Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimesis an American writer of detective fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
memories frogs throat
I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.
talking nervous habit
Talking's just a nervous habit.
historical-novels london spheres
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut.
mistake writing thinking
You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.
writing antisocial
Writing is an antisocial act.
two might week
writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.
saws comfort enough
You can never do enough for the dead. You search around for comfort but there is no comfort; there never was and never will be. There is only a gradual wearing away of the sharp edges, so that you don't feel ambushed at every turn, as if you saw the dead suddenly rounding the corner.
children answers want
Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.
silence way okay
Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.
inspirational motivational strength
We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.
hate understanding trying
Before you hate something you should try to understand it.
atmosphere attention controlled james particular pays
I do read P.D. James because she pays much more attention to character, to a particular atmosphere or setting. But most mystery writers, I think, are controlled by the plot.
The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one.
came friend god horse intention jury kept names novel playing pub referring saw setting sign walking
In Baltimore, I was walking with a friend who was playing at a pub he kept referring to as the Horse. But when I saw the sign 'The Horse You Came In On' - I thought, 'My God.' I had no intention of ever setting a Jury novel in the U.S., but when I saw that, I thought, 'That's it.' The names are very important.