Author: Jeff Lindsay

Quotes

I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.

I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.

- Jeff Lindsay

If you look at the primitive societies that we know about, the worst thing that could have happened to you was to be captured and be turned over to the women.

If you look at the primitive societies that we know about, the worst thing that could have happened to you was to be captured and be turned over to the women.

- Jeff Lindsay

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

- Jeff Lindsay

Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.

Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.

- Jeff Lindsay

My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.

My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.

- Jeff Lindsay

What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

- Jeff Lindsay

Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'

Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'

- Jeff Lindsay

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