Although I wasnt able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like.
I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind. - Tony Hillerman
I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.
- Tony Hillerman
I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting o… - Tony Hillerman
I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post and saw a few elderly Navajos sitting o…
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart. - Tony Hillerman
You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff. - Tony Hillerman
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.
The first Chapter Law is, "Don't spend much time on it. You're going to have to rewrite it." - Tony Hillerman
The first Chapter Law is, "Don't spend much time on it. You're going to have to rewrite it."
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place. - Tony Hillerman
An author knows his landscape best; he can stand around, smell the wind, get a feel for his place.
Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the … - Tony Hillerman
Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the …
The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt ha… - Tony Hillerman
The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt ha…
IF you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when? - Tony Hillerman
IF you are not for yourself, who will be for you? If you are only for yourself, what are you? If not now, when?
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