KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Jeff Lindsay Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Jeff Lindsay

Showing 21-30 of 43 Quotes by Jeff Lindsay

My first true lesson in writing came from Mr. Bowden when I was 16. At my high school, he was the teacher known to be the very best at literature and writing.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I had been writing poems and stories since I learned to make letters. I had placed poems in a hardcover anthology at the age of 6. And I knew more big words than anyone else in the 10th grade.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Every writer must find a way of writing that tells the reader: This is me and no one else. The Voice can be idiosyncratic, but it cannot be obscure. It is a blend of style and content and intent and rhythm and pure personality.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When I was a playwright earlier in my career - my senior project in high school was my first produced play - I used to put on the title page: 'A tragedy with laughs.'

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It was a tremendous stroke of good luck that the show got Michael C. Hall to play the part. Everyone I've talked to thinks Michael is a perfect 'Dexter,' which never happens.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I do as much as I can. I even drive through the chase scenes several times to make sure the details are right.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Dexter-Land is a dark and scary place, and I couldn't live there permanently. To be honest, I don't think I even want to visit.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


No TV show in history, no movie ever made - nothing you can imagine as being written or filmed or performed can turn a normal human being into a Dexter.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I certainly try to avoid getting bogged down in forensics. There is certainly a whole lot of other writers who know a lot more than me about it. I know enough about it to do a little bit of background on laboratory techniques and stuff. But it kind of bores me.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It's a mistake to think that Dexter is nice.

~Jeff Lindsay

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: July 14th, 1952

Links

Find Jeff Lindsay on Amazon

Related Authors

George Ade
Eve Ensler
Lorraine Hansberry
Jean Kerr
Arthur Miller
Sam Shepard
Neil Simon
August Wilson

Popular Authors

W. C. Fields Ernest Hemingway Aldous Huxley St. Jerome Christopher Mccandless Ronald Reagan Charles R. Swindoll Jim Valvano

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Dating Diet Inspirational Knowledge Patriotism Sad Teacher Women