Quotes by Iris Johansen

About Iris Johansen:

Iris Johansen is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels.
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Come to close?No one wants to come to close.If it's done for them,they accept it,even while they condemn it.Why not?But no one wants to know what it's like.Turn a blind eye.Maybe it will go away.

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They said no one knew a man as well as a woman who slept with him.

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You clobber Death when he's breathing in your ear and see how you feel about the club.

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How the hell do I know? It just hurts me to think about it....And its not because you're a great lay. Though you are. But I've had great lays before, and I didn't get torn up. You should have known it would come down to this." Garrett

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The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.

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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.

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Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

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After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.

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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.

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But it's natural for men to compete against each other. We've been doing it since the cave days. Why else do we have wars? Wars are competition, no matter what the politicians call them.

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Author Bio

  • NameIris Johansen
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornApril 7, 1938
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist