Lisa Gardner Quotes - Page 2

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• Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

  Lisa Gardner

  Daughter, Mother, My Daughter

  Lisa Gardner (2009). “The Neighbor: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel”, p.454, Bantam

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• Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?

  Lisa Gardner

  Simple, Answers, Able

  Lisa Gardner (2012). “The Detective D. D. Warren Series 5-Book Bundle: Alone, Hide, The Neighbor, Live to Tell, Love You More”, p.1258, Bantam

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• Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

  Lisa Gardner

  Letting Go, Mother, Father

  Lisa Gardner (2011). “Love You More: A Dectective D. D. Warren Novel”, p.102, Bantam

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• God was in the details.

  Lisa Gardner

  Details

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• When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

  Lisa Gardner

  Book, Chocolate, Needs

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• When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

  Lisa Gardner

  Morning, New York, Phones

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• You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

  Lisa Gardner

  Hunters, Hunted

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• I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

  Lisa Gardner

  Strong, Clever, Believe

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• My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

  Lisa Gardner

  Parent, Secret, Vices

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• I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive.

  Lisa Gardner

  Action, Tendencies

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• It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

  Lisa Gardner

  Men, Female, Difficult

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• Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

  Lisa Gardner

  Suspense Novels, Novelists, Suspense

  "Lisa Gardner, author of 'Touch & Go'". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. February 6, 2013.

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• I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

  Lisa Gardner

  Night, Ghost Stories, Staircases

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• All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado.

  Lisa Gardner

  Writing, Suspense Novels, People

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• When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security prisons, shooting galleries, bone collections, etc.

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  Crazy, Psych, Trust Myself

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• Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

  Lisa Gardner

  Giving Up, Giving, Firsts

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