Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it. Lisa Gardner More Quotes by Lisa Gardner More Quotes From Lisa Gardner 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 able simple answers Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world. Lisa Gardner mother letting-go father Whomever speaks first gives up some power. Lisa Gardner giving-up giving firsts You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted. Lisa Gardner hunted hunters Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott. Lisa Gardner suspense-novels suspense novelists I'm not the most detailed writer. I have a tendency to be more action-oriented vs. descriptive. Lisa Gardner tendencies action I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight. Lisa Gardner staircases ghost-stories night I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears. Lisa Gardner appeals suspense thinking My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels. Lisa Gardner perfectly-normal mother father You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon. Lisa Gardner doctors differences thinking God was in the details. Lisa Gardner details Everyone should say what they wanted. It saved time. Lisa Gardner saved should wanted Youth is no excuse for sloppiness. Lisa Gardner sloppiness no-excuses youth 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. Lisa Gardner trust-myself psych crazy 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 phones new-york morning We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent. Lisa Gardner together needs thinking It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will? Lisa Gardner sacrifice men children I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions. Lisa Gardner answers numbers book I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls. Lisa Gardner suspense phones unique What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to. Lisa Gardner fun character thinking
