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If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen next.

James Lee Burke

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James Lee Burke
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 5
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One day you'll have a quiet heart.
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..why is it that in problematic situations almost everyone resorts to axioms and societal remedies that in actuality almost nobody believes in?...ask yourself, have you ever known anyone whose marriage was saved by a marriage counselor, whose drinking was cured by a psychiatrist, whose son was kept out of reform school by a social worker?
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It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where we commenced - in part, I suspect, because the child who lives in us goes along for the ride.
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What's the worst thing about getting old? Getting old.
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Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.
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That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.
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There is no higher form of artistic expression then film
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To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
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Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.
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The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.
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I think the crime novel has replaced the sociological novel of the 1930s. I think the progenitor of that tradition is James M. Cain, who in my view is the most neglected writer in American literature.
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I believe the causes that create them [serial killers] are theological in nature, rather than societal. I believe they make a conscious choice to erase God's thumbprint from their souls.
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Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.
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Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
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I feel blessed in the knowledge that I probably belong to the last generation that will remember what we call traditional America.
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God bless the Reference Librarians
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We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.
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You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?
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Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death.
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Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
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