American - Playwright | July 14, 1952 -
Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'
Jeff Lindsay
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Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.
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Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.
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I need quiet and solitude to work. Darkness is best. If I am wide awake, I can't write.
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My father was one of the first six guys ashore on Iwo Jima. He's 86 years old now, and every single night of his life, he has nightmares, and he wakes yelling.
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Sociopaths don't have feelings; they can't.
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What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.
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I try to write as serious as possible, and then a joke slips in.
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I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.
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We're predators; we don't eat meat because it's handy, we eat meat because we have a taste for blood.
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Someone who is not a killer is not going to watch a TV show and decide to be a killer.
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A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time. We congratulate a rival on a triumph when actually we are choking on spite. We are cordial and attentive to crashing bores.
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