I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

- Lawrence Block

As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don’t have to give a r…

- Lawrence Block

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.

- Lawrence Block

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.

- Lawrence Block

If you build a better mousetrap, Nature will build a better mouse.

- Lawrence Block

As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of imaginary people …

- Lawrence Block

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

- Lawrence Block

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

- Lawrence Block

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were …

- Lawrence Block