Lawrence Block Quotes

Powerful Lawrence Block for Daily Growth

I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

- Lawrence Block

Myself, Might, Planet, Problems

To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

- Lawrence Block

Say, Way, None, Drank

Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?

- Lawrence Block

People, Why, Read, I Care

I've always essentially been a New Yorker.

- Lawrence Block

New, Always, Yorker, Essentially

Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do in the future is even less rewarding.

- Lawrence Block

Asking, Pointless, Rewarding, Generally

I really don't write much anymore, and I'm not uncomfortable with that. I've tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don't want to go on.

- Lawrence Block

Want, I Write, Sentences, Uncomfortable

I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

- Lawrence Block

Think, Next, I Think, Mistaken

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

- Lawrence Block

City, New, Dirty, Ugly

I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

- Lawrence Block

Fiction, Lot, Awful, Awful Lot

When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.

- Lawrence Block

Important, Private, Get, Keeping

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