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10 quotes by Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block Born (1938-06-24) June 24, 1938 (age 76) Buffalo, New York Pen name Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord, others Occupation novelist, short-story writer Nationality United States Period 1958–present Genre Crime fiction, mystery fiction Website www.lawrenceblock.com Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering...
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I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

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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... →

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

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

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I've always essentially been a New Yorker.

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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.

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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