When it’s too good, you do it over again. Too good is too easy. If it’s too easy you have to worry. If you’re not lying awake at night worrying about it, the reader isn’t going to, either. I always know that when I get a good night’s sleep, the next day I’m not going to get any work done. Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It’s not all inspirational.
Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational. - James M. Cain
Writing a novel is like working on foreign policy. There are problems to be solved. It's not all inspirational.
- James M. Cain
I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought. - James M. Cain
I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character wou… - James M. Cain
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character wou…
If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either". - James M. Cain
If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either".
You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill. - James M. Cain
You usually can tell when a writer is going down hill by the size of his liquor bill.
The hand that holds the money cracks the whip. - James M. Cain
The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.
If you have to do it, you can do it. - James M. Cain
If you have to do it, you can do it.
I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake - James M. Cain
I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake
Time is the only critic. - James M. Cain
Time is the only critic.
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