“My life isn't much different than when I worked full time as a journalist.” Quote by Linwood Barclay
“Al Gore, the former vice-president of the United States, lives in a mansion that uses more electricity than the average family's bungalow! David Suzuki rides on a bus that uses more fuel than a Smart car to get across Canada! Oh my God! And this is just the tip of the vanishing iceberg!” StatesUsePresidentUnitedUnited StatesCarSmartAverageVicesFormerFuelCanadaAlsBusElectricityGoreVice PresidentMansionsVanishingIceberg Author:Linwood Barclay
“Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best.” MayCharacterStoriesFictionRichCrimeHarderDrivenMaking MoneyPlotCrime Fiction Author:Linwood Barclay
“Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day. If there's a better school for would-be novelists, I don't know what it is.” IfsKnowsWritingStillsWould BeSchoolNovelPaidNewspapersNovelists Author:Linwood Barclay
“Facebook, from what I can tell, is the virtual equivalent of dropping into the homes of several million people, all of whom say at the same time: 'Hey! Let's set up the slide projector!” PeopleI CanHomeMillionsHeySlidesDroppingProjectors Author:Linwood Barclay
“Generally speaking, rural drivers are a much better behaved species than city drivers. I'm not sure whether they're intrinsically this way, or there are just fewer opportunities for them to do behave badly. You can't go around running red lights if there aren't any red lights to run.” IfsWayLightRunningOpportunityCitiesRedSpeciesBehaveNot SureDriversFewerRed Lights Author:Linwood Barclay
“I was born in Darien, Connecticut, but in 1959, when I was four, my parents moved to the suburbs of Toronto. Then, in the late 1960s, they bought a cottage in a resort/trailer park in the Kawarthas region of Ontario, and we moved up there. I wrote a book about it in 2000 called 'Last Resort: Coming of Age in Cottage Country.” BookCountryAgeLastsParentBornFourLateMovedParksRegionsComing Of AgeResorts1960sSuburbsTrailersTorontoCottagesConnecticutOntarioTrailer Park Author:Linwood Barclay
“I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.” PeopleThinkingI CanHappensForgetDemocracyBuildingThings HappenAbout YourselfFormulasDictatorMake Things Happen Author:Corazon Aquino
“I'll tell you one thing you can't do: you can't put your shoes on, then your socks on.” One ThingShoesSock Author:Flavor Flav
“It's one thing, holding open the door for someone at a grocery store, or the library, or just about anyplace else. But the doughnut shop is a different thing altogether. This is a get-in-and-out-as-fast-as-you-can operation. There's no room for courtesy or chivalry here.” DifferentRoomsDoorsOne ThingLibraryStoresOperationsShopsDifferent ThingsCourtesyGroceriesChivalryGrocery StoresDoughnut Author:Linwood Barclay
“My biggest complaint about drivers out in the country has tended to be that they're not in a great hurry to get where they're going. This is particularly true of old men wearing hats. If you get behind an old guy wearing a hat on a winding road, you might as well just phone ahead on your cell and tell your friends you're going to be late.” IfsMenWellsCountryMightGuyBehindsLatePhonesCellsHatsDriversOld ManComplaintsOld GuysWinding Road Author:Linwood Barclay