College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner. Robert B. Parker collegeeffectflunk Change image and share on social
This is not a screenplay. I don't do twenty drafts. I'm not going to show this to you until it's published or accepted for publication. You can make whatever suggestions you want, but I probably will ignore them entirely. Robert B. Parker acceptdraftignore share on social
Well, you give me too much credit for foresight and planning. I haven't got a clue what the hell I'm doing. Robert B. Parker cluecreditforesight Change image and share on social
Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition. Robert B. Parker advicecompetitionpeople Change image and share on social
It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way. Robert B. Parker achieveacquireamount share on social
'All Our Yesterdays' was unquestionably the best work I have ever done. And the reading public stayed away in droves. Robert B. Parker drovepublicread Change image and share on social
I write five pages a day. If you would read five pages a day, we'd stay right even. Robert B. Parker daypageread Change image and share on social
It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live. Robert B. Parker lifelivemacdonald Change image and share on social
I think finally good writing gets out there, and people like it, and bad writing doesn't. Well, no. Bad writing does get out there 'cause some people like it. Robert B. Parker badfinallygood Change image and share on social
Send it to someone who can publish it. And if they won't publish it, send it to someone else who can publish it! And keep sending it! Of course, if no one will publish it, at that point you might want to think about doing something other than writing. Robert B. Parker pointpublishsend share on social
