Jane Haddam Quotes
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.
You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters interesting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.
Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.
Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.
I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.
People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.
Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.
I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.
My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.
I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.
Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.
