I don't intend to write the same kind of book for the rest of my life because I feel I would not be satisfied only writing in one mode. Jesse Kellerman bookfeelintend Change image and share on social
I remember my father banging away on an IBM Selectric in the garage. He wrote his first novels on that machine. I remember its pebbly surface, its cold heft. It made its mark, literally and violently. Jesse Kellerman bangcoldfather Change image and share on social
I had some trepidation about working with someone else, especially a family member. You don't want work to affect your personal relationship. Jesse Kellerman affectfamilymember Change image and share on social
All my books deal with the effect of intent upon action, how our understanding of good and evil depends heavily on context. Jesse Kellerman actionbookcontext Change image and share on social
We crime novelists have a great pulpit. We write about justice and about correcting injustice. Jesse Kellerman correctcrimegreat Change image and share on social
It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents. Jesse Kellerman disentanglegeneticgrow Change image and share on social
I think everyone assumes that I talk to my parents a lot about writing, but I didn't - they're my parents. We didn't have constant workshops running in my household. Jesse Kellerman assumeconstanthousehold Change image and share on social
I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in clipped sentences. To employ gritty metaphor in the introduction of sultry blondes... I can't do it, so why bother trying? Jesse Kellerman blondebotherclip share on social
Tragedy without comedy is melodrama, and comedy without a higher purpose is vacant. Jesse Kellerman comedyhighmelodrama Change image and share on social
I prefer to write about ordinary people who find themselves in a singularly bizarre situation - that is to say, the one moment in their lives when they are forced to confront danger or mystery. Jesse Kellerman bizarreconfrontdanger Change image and share on social
