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Robert B. Parker Quotes

Robert B. Parker quotes

American Writer September 17, 1932 – January 18, 2010

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I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women. Robert B. Parker
It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live. Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker quote: "Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her..."
Joan organizes our social life, and on weekends I follow her around. Robert B. Parker
Thank you sir," she said. "I hope that your friend feels better soon."I shrugged. "The ways of the Lord" I said, "are often dark, but never pleasant. Robert B. Parker
I got thrown out of school several weeks in my senior year being caught in the girls' dorm. This was 1954, friends. The girls' dorm was off limits. Even to girls, I think. Robert B. Parker
REST IN PEACE, MR. PARKER. 'You want us to be surreptitious?' Hawk said. 'Surreptitious?' Sapp said. 'I educated in Head Start,' Hawk said. 'Really worked,' Sapp said. 'No reason to be covert,' I said. 'You too?' Sapp said. 'Nope,' I said. 'I'm a straight Anglo white guy of European ancestry. We're naturally smart.' 'You missed Bernard,' Sapp said. 'Tall straight Anglo white guy,' I said. 'Hey,' Bernard said. Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker quote: "'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have..."
'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves. Robert B. Parker
They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming back three years later and saying, 'Paint it this color!' Robert B. Parker
Yeah. Floyd is his batman."His what?"Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant."You spend too much time reading, Spenser. You know more stuff that don't make you money than anybody I know. Robert B. Parker
I think finally good writing gets out there, and people like it, and bad writing doesn't. Well, no. Bad writing does get out there 'cause some people like it. Robert B. Parker
Has anyone ever told you," I said, "that you coalesce reality?"No. They only say that I'm good in the sack."They are accurate but limited," I said. "And if you give me their names I'll kill them. Robert B. Parker
It's tempting to say the Ph. D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way. Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker quote: "For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and..."
For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them. Robert B. Parker
If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it. Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker quote: "I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was..."
I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. Robert B. Parker

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