Mark Linn-Baker

I was a single dad in New York City, raising a child and pursuing a career.

My parents were always involved in community theatre, and I'd do the tech work and play the child.

In low comedy, a character gets hit in the head, and you don't really believe it. In farce, he's hit in the head, but he must be hit in the head. The character requires it.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.