115 Quotes by Barbara Mertz

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.

Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.

His masculinity was only too apparent.

I knew the answer, and – of course – so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson.

I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.