Lawrence Block's Quotes
Born: 1938-06-24
Profession: Writer
Nation: American
Biography of Lawrence Block
I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.
Tags: Next, Turn, WriteAsking 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.
Tags: Future, Less, WhyI can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.
Tags: Might, Problems, TodayI don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.
Tags: Fiction, Life, PlanI've always essentially been a New Yorker.
Tags: YorkerTo 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.
Tags: Drank, Marriage, NoneWhen you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.
Tags: Less, Older, StuffWhy on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?
Tags: Care, Eyes, WhyI 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.
Tags: Few, Write, WritingNew 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.
Tags: Enough, Good, Home