5 Quotes by Gregory McDonald

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

A double extra-dry martini,” Thadeus Lowry said to the waiter. “I just shot a man through the head.” “Very good, sir,” said the waiter.

Life is a horse: either you ride it or it rides you.

Writing mysteries lets me get away with murder. I think ‘the mystery’ may be the greatest form for social criticism, simply because it is pedestrian.

You don’t. You don’t accept it. You don’t think about it. You just leave it out there somewhere, like a part of town you never visit. You put the anger, the rage, the fury in another part of town, and you never visit it.