What A Child Doesn't Receive He Can

Read Widely, Not In Order To Copy Someone Else's Style, But To Learn To Appreciate And Recognize Good Writing And To See How The Best Writers Have Achieved Their Result. Poor Writing Is, Unfortunately, Infectious And Should Be Avoided.

Murder Is The Unique Crime, The Only One For Which We Can Never Make Reparation To The Victim.

We English Are Good At Forgiving Our Enemies; It Releases Us From The Obligation Of Liking Our Friends.

Read Widely And With Discrimination. Bad Writing Is Contagious.

Crime Fiction Confirms Our Belief, Despite Some Evidence To The Contrary, That We Live In A Rational, Comprehensible, And Moral Universe.