Richard Price
Richard Price
Richard Pricewas a Welsh moral philosopher, preacher and mathematician. He was a nonconformist, meaning that he was a Protestant Christian who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England. He was also a political pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the American Revolution. He was well-connected and fostered communication between a large number of people, including Founding Fathers of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 October 1949
CountryUnited States of America
I don't write police stories, per se, but I usually write about areas that are very panoramic, like Harlem, or the Lower East Side, or a small urban city like Jersey City.
I write because I can't imagine not writing.
I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.
In a given scene I may know nothing more than how it's supposed to end, most of the time not even that. Scenes are improvised. A character does or says something, and with as much spontaneity and schizophrenia as I can muster, another character responds. In this way, everything I write is spontaneous chain reaction and I'm running around playing leapfrog in my brain trying to "be" all my people.
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.
If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing.
I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.
I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.
I've worked in the sustainable design field for 10 years. And I wanted to finally practice what I preach. This kind of development is not only marketable, it's a feasible way to promote sustainable design.
It would make me so happy if I didn't have to write the scripts of my own books.
There's a dangerous thrill - a rush - in goodness. If you don't keep your wits about you, if you don't have a very sober take on what you're doing and who you're doing it too, you can inadvertently set little fires. The very people you are helping can wind up, emotionally, in worse shape than they were before.
At some point I started wondering what it means to teach for free in an inner-city school - what's in it for me?
Very nice results. Pricing was a significant factor and they had no extraneous events in the quarter.
I was totally convinced it was beyond me. The show was so complicated, I couldn't even follow the commercials.