Martin Cruz Smith
Martin Cruz Smith
Martin Cruz Smithis an American mystery novelist. He is best known for his eight-novel series on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
core danny means stated whose
'High Concept' means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as 'Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins.' Or, 'Arnold is pregnant.'
political cost empires
To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top reporter and the power of a novelist.
great-things
The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself.
writing idiot used
I used to be treated like an idiot, now I'm treated like an idiot savant.
interesting people research
The research is the most interesting part… That’s how I work. I go some place and I walk it and I talk to people until I find what I’ve come for. Or not. Fortunately, I tend to find what I’m after.
party russia government
Of course the biggest mafia in Russia has always been the government; in Soviet times, the Communist Party, and now a circle of former KGB and FSB.
ideas busy enough
I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer.
attitude cities yuppies
If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south.
voice talking flats
I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.
writing scene passing
It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured.
normal nuclear air-pollution
Because normal human activity is worse for nature than the greatest nuclear accident in history.
men culture coal
Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man.
book years wish
Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. . . I just wish some of them were harder to figure out.
giving people stories
As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.