LOST AND PROFOUND

by Robert Lopresti

We mystery writers are a very quotable bunch. Here are a few samples to demonstrate.

“Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and…you send them out into the world and hope that some day they’ll send back money.” -Edna Buchanan

“If you hear any sinister background music, run like hell.” -Carol Cail

“Yes, I am insane. Thanks for asking.” -Harlan Coben

“An editor’s job is to take something great and make it good.” -Kinky Friedman

“Good manners are a sign of strength.” -Dick Francis

“Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.” -Umberto Eco

“What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?” -Rex Stout

“While the heritability of intelligence is a matter of scientific controversy, stupidity comes down in an unbroken line.” -William DeAndrea

“You draw conclusions like a chimpanzee with a crayon.” -Robert S. Levinson

“Unless you count Saint Paul, book tours are a recent phenomenon.” -Lawrence Block

“State troopers will go on driving Fury IIs until some car company puts out a car called Kill.” -Donald E. Westlake

“The detective story developed as a form of science fiction.” -Aaron Marc Stein

“There was no song on the radio too stupid for my heart.” -Walter Mosley

“Don’t wake the dead. They won’t like it.” -Michael Avallone