Author Crime Mystery detective Knight The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. - James Lee Burke
Voice First Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. - James Lee Burke
Artist Will Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. - James Lee Burke
Violence Time People We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people. - James Lee Burke
Friends Right Want People When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well. - James Lee Burke
Writers Words Today Home Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. - James Lee Burke
If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen next. - James Lee Burke
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal. - Jack Herer