Richard Price
Richard Price
Richard Pricewas a Welsh moral philosopher, preacher and mathematician. He was a nonconformist, meaning that he was a Protestant Christian who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England. He was also a political pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the American Revolution. He was well-connected and fostered communication between a large number of people, including Founding Fathers of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 October 1949
CountryUnited States of America
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day
The kind of event on a conveyor belt that causes a fire occurs in a variety of industrial environments, not uniquely in coal environments.
If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.
Some day, my son, you are going to learn that the two greatest joys of being a man are beating the hell out of someone and getting the hell beaten out of you, good night.
You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.
The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.
I write because I can't imagine not writing.
If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing.