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 More Quotes by Lisa Lutz More Quotes From Lisa Lutz When I was 6, I learned where I came from, which was one step removed from the usual circumstances. I was adopted. Lisa Lutz which step where circumstances The sense of not knowing where I came from let me be as smart as I wanted to be. Lisa Lutz me not-knowing smart knowing Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones. Lisa Lutz story humor dark way 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 end never know book I've got no business giving advice to anyone. Even a fictional character. Lisa Lutz business advice giving character 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 ending door doors book I loved writing the Spellman novels, but I never had any plan to only write in one genre. Lisa Lutz plan loved never writing 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 leave start accidents happy I don't feel like I'm a writer who works under any influence. Lisa Lutz feel who like influence There's no reason why a writer shouldn't explore and use different genres. Lisa Lutz explore why different reason I worked for a private investigative agency briefly. I rarely had the opportunity to snoop. Lisa Lutz private had agency opportunity I have certain rules for snooping, under which anything out in the open is fair game. Lisa Lutz open rules anything game 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 know you research sometimes
