In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that. Scenes are improvised. A character does or says something, and with as much spontaneity and schizophrenia as I can muster, another character responds. In this way, everything I write is spontaneous chain reaction and I'm running around playing leapfrog in my brain trying to "be" all my people.
I write because I can't imagine not writing. - Richard Price
I write because I can't imagine not writing.
- 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 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 …
Tremble, all ye oppressors of the world! - Richard Price
Tremble, all ye oppressors of the world!
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.
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…
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
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…
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.
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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