The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.
A cop told me, a long time ago, that there’s no substitute for knowing what you’re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The ones that’re any good are… - George V. Higgins
A cop told me, a long time ago, that there’s no substitute for knowing what you’re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The ones that’re any good are…
- George V. Higgins
Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder. - George V. Higgins
Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder.
Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound th… - George V. Higgins
Writing is the only trade I know of in which sniveling confessions of extreme incompetence are taken as credentials probative of powers to astound th…
The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell, up here in Boston it's a … - George V. Higgins
The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell, up here in Boston it's a …
The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes tha… - George V. Higgins
The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes tha…
The characters are telling you the story. I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story. - George V. Higgins
The characters are telling you the story. I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story.
Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do. - George V. Higgins
Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too. - George V. Higgins
Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.
What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round. - George V. Higgins
What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round.
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