“Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.” StoriesHappensLyingInterestCrime Author:William Landay
“Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.” StoriesConflictDrivenTensionStakesGood Story Author:William Landay
“There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.” MomentsStoriesAbsolutes Author:William Landay
“The rest-the vast majority, tens of thousands of days-are unremarkable, repetitive, even monotonous. We glide through them then instantly forget them. We tend not to think about this arithmetic when we look back on our lives. We remember the handful of Big Days and throw away the rest. We organize our long, shapeless lives into tidy little stories...But our lives are mostly made up of junk, of ordinary, forgettable days, and 'The End' is never the end.” ThinkingLooksLittlesLongMadeEndsStoriesBigsRememberForgetOur LivesOrdinaryMajorityOrganizeHandfulJunkMonotonousArithmeticTidyRepetitiveForgettable Book:Defending Jacob: A Novel Source: Defending Jacob: A Novel
