Jane Haddam Quotes

• In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

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  Inspirational, Life, Respect

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• If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

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  Passion, Two, Ends

  Jane Haddam (2013). “Death's Savage Passion”, p.71, Open Road Media

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• If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.

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  Way, Action, Problem

  Jane Haddam (2013). “Wicked, Loving Murder”, p.57, Open Road Media

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• You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters interesting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.

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  Character, Way, Emphasis

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• Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.

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  Mistake, People, Consistency

  Jane Haddam (2013). “Sweet, Savage Death”, p.164, Open Road Media

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• I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter.

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  Hate, Book, Lasts

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• Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

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  Real, Real Life, Being Real

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• Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.

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  Education, Training, Definitions

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• The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.

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  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

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  Writing, Fighting, Advice

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• I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

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  Teacher, College, Editors

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• I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

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  Art, Years, Editors

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• I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.

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  School, Son, Schedules

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• I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation.

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  Writing, Reformation

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• My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me.

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  Husband, Hate, Care

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• People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.

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  Confused, People, History

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• Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

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  Opposites, Nuggets, Littles

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• I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.

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  Book, Character, People

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