The Place For My Writers Notes

Original Posting 18 April 1994

"I remember asking him once how he could be so generous. Every theory about writing, every trick he'd discovered, he was willing to share. Wasn't he worried about revealing trade secrets? Wasn't his advice to other writers the same as aiding and abetting his professional competition? He seemed amused by the question. 'So what if someone else does well? That doesn't affect me or my work.' He felt that writing about his own experiences forced him to crystallize his thoughts and allowed him new insights that were invaluable to him."

Telling Lies for Fun and Profit by Lawrence Block (copyright 1981)
From the Introduction by Sue Grafton (copyright 1994)
William Morrow and Co.