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Martha Grimes quotes: My black cat was named Blackie.

My black cat was named Blackie.

Martha Grimes quotes: I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was.

I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was.

Martha Grimes quotes: Writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

Writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

Martha Grimes quotes: Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.

Martha Grimes quotes: Old willows trailed veils of wet leaves across his path. Moss crawled up the headstones. The place was otherwise deserted.

Old willows trailed veils of wet leaves across his path. Moss crawled up the headstones. The place was otherwise deserted.

Martha Grimes quotes: Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.

Martha Grimes quotes: Losing one's mind is surely like losing one's virginity. Lose a little, lose a lot.

Losing one's mind is surely like losing one's virginity. Lose a little, lose a lot.

Martha Grimes quotes: Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story.

Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story.

Martha Grimes quotes: Writing is an antisocial act.

Writing is an antisocial act.

Martha Grimes quotes: An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

An idyllic childhood is probably illusion.

Martha Grimes quotes: I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.

I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.

Martha Grimes quotes: Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.

Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.

Martha Grimes quotes: I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.

Martha Grimes quotes: Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

Martha Grimes quotes: We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

Martha Grimes quotes: I don't have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it.

I don't have to hang around a pub, really, to get an idea. I usually visit it once, get the layout, the atmosphere, the feel of it.

Martha Grimes quotes: Talking's just a nervous habit.

Talking's just a nervous habit.

Martha Grimes quotes: The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.

The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.

Martha Grimes quotes: The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one.

The England I write about doesn't strike me as the real one.

Martha Grimes quotes: I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.

I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.

Martha Grimes quotes: I do Q&As, not readings.

I do Q&As, not readings.

Martha Grimes quotes: I'm constantly battling writer's block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything.

I'm constantly battling writer's block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything.

Martha Grimes quotes: Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

Martha Grimes quotes: When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it.

When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it.