20 Quotes by William Lashner
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Her cheeriness grates as always, but with Jennifer he senses that it is a true reflection of her inner self and not some act, and that stops him from vomiting his disdain onto her scarf. One doesn’t shout at a lame girl for her limp, or upbraid a blind man for his lack of sight. She is entitled to her disability.
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I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.
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People read legal writing differently. When you're at the crux of a legal argument, every step is a step in the argument. The judge will see any holes. If you do that in fiction, it's too long and boring.
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A sense of place is very important in writing.
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I like to think I'm writing in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, although I don't ape his style.
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I'm going to book-and-author dinners, and I'm the author!
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In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a thrilling moment for everyone.
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When I write legally, I try to write very plain, very vanilla, very clear.
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I don't trust novels with points, do you? If a novel is only about a point, the writer should just say it in as few words as possible so we can take it in and go back to watching 'The Bachelor' on television.
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