“Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk.” EnoughParentBrainRiskTeenagerUncertainWeepingEvaluateSkipUncertain FutureVolvo Author:Michael J. Fox
“I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.” PeopleWritingCharacterStoriesLiteratureEnjoyFictionGreat Literature Author:Kathy Reichs
“I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.” AccusedMinimalist Author:Kathy Reichs
“You'd be naive if you think you are going to retain any control once you option a character to TV.” IfsThinkingCharacterTvsNaive Author:Kathy Reichs
“At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.” ThinkingFirstsPlaySeemsEnjoyEfficiency Author:Kathy Reichs
“I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.” PeopleHomeReadingMy FamilyLet MeDinnerInterviewsSigning Author:Kathy Reichs
“One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.” WritingProblemFictionFrontsCrimeComfortableDecidedExpectedSurprisingCrime FictionSurprising Things Author:Kathy Reichs
“Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.” KnowsLife IsNextOne DayExcitingTire Author:Kelly Reilly