It's dangerous to write people off just because they've been arrested.
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That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.
People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
I don't believe in writing people off.
I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.
Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
In Russia, writers with serious grievances are arrested, while in America they are merely featured on television talk shows, where all that is arrested is their development.
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.
I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.
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