The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
I don't write police stories, per se, but I usually write about areas that are very panoramic, like Harlem, or the Lower East Side, or a small urban … - Richard Price
I don't write police stories, per se, but I usually write about areas that are very panoramic, like Harlem, or the Lower East Side, or a small urban …
- Richard Price
I write because I can't imagine not writing. - Richard Price
I write because I can't imagine not writing.
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day - Richard Price
Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day
Tremble, all ye oppressors of the world! - Richard Price
Tremble, all ye oppressors of the world!
You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road. - Richard Price
You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.
The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays. - Richard Price
The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to m… - Richard Price
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to m…
And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with horror on the greatest… - Richard Price
And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with horror on the greatest…
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of t… - Richard Price
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of t…
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