I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial. Lisa Lutz More Quotes by Lisa Lutz More Quotes From Lisa Lutz The sense of not knowing where I came from let me be as smart as I wanted to be. Lisa Lutz menot-knowingsmartknowing Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones. Lisa Lutz storyhumordarkway I usually have a sense of where my characters are personally and ways in which they might transform throughout the novel. But I never know at the outset how the book will end, nor do I ever stick to my original plan. Lisa Lutz endneverknowbook People transform in some ways, and they remain exactly the same in others. Often, the thing you'd like to change the most about yourself is where you will forever remain stuck. Lisa Lutz yourselfyouchangepeople I've got no business giving advice to anyone. Even a fictional character. Lisa Lutz businessadvicegivingcharacter While I had no intention of ending the series after 'The Spellmans Strike Again,' I did close many doors in that book and, with the fifth one, I was opening a lot of doors and not finding anything behind them and then opening another door and another until I found something. It was a while before I found my stride. Lisa Lutz endingdoordoorsbook I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre. Lisa Lutz planlovedneverwriting I tend to start books with a very broad outline, but I always leave room for happy accidents. With 'The Passenger,' there were perhaps too many of those. Lisa Lutz leavestartaccidentshappy I don't feel like I'm a writer who works under any influence. Lisa Lutz feelwholikeinfluence There's no reason why a writer shouldn't explore and use different genres. Lisa Lutz explorewhydifferentreason I worked for a private investigative agency briefly. I rarely had the opportunity to snoop. Lisa Lutz privatehadagencyopportunity I have certain rules for snooping, under which anything out in the open is fair game. Lisa Lutz openrulesanythinggame I'm not a huge fan of research, but sometimes you get an idea, and then you realize you don't know anything. Lisa Lutz knowyouresearchsometimes
