Elizabeth George Quotes

• Kindness is the ability to love people more than they deserve.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Inspirational, Motivational

• I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can’t be taught. Frankly, I don’t understand this point of view.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Disconcerting

• I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Write, Novel

• Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Logical, Sequence, Events

• It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Novelists

• I don’t think anyone could write about another culture and get it 100 percent accurate.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Think, Culture

• Lots of people want to have written; they don’t want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in Job

  Tags in People, Writing, Books

• Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

  Elizabeth George

  Topics in America, Art, Wisdom

Elizabeth George (8)

Birth:	26th February, 1949
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Writer

About

Susan Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio, USA. She is an American writer of mystery novels. She is best known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley, 19 in number as of 2015. The first eleven were adapted for television by the BBC as earlier episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. She completed a master's degree in counseling and psychology. She received an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Cal State University Fullerton in 2004 and was awarded an honorary Masters in Fine Arts from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts in 2010. Her first published novel was A Great Deliverance. It won the Agatha Award for "Best First Novel" in 1988 and the 1989 Anthony Award in the same category. It was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1988.

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