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Ross MacDonald
American Novelist
Born: Jan 27, 1965
Back Live Man Me Money Trouble
Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach
I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems in contemporary society. And the form of Wilkie Collins and Graham Greene, of Hammett and Chandler, seemed to offer me all the rope I would ever need. Ross MacDonald
Me Problems Society Possibly Would Seemed Collins Could Write Contemporary Contemporary Society Well Deal Offer Graham Graham Greene Wanted Form Rope Ever Need
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. Ross MacDonald
Backward Run Detective Entire Structure Through Surprise Tragic Up Vibrations Which Should Novel Set
Freud was one of the greatest influences on me. He made myth into psychiatry, and I've been trying to turn it back into myth again. Ross MacDonald
Me Made Myth Back He Greatest Been Freud Trying Psychiatry Influences Again Turn
Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart. Ross MacDonald
Heart Human Heart Hell Lies Bottom Human
I had reached the point when I could not see anything clearly ahead, I needed help, and I got it. Ross MacDonald
See Point Could Had Clearly Reached Got Anything Help Needed
The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness. Ross MacDonald
Kinds About Various Novels
When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble. Ross MacDonald
Family Trouble Other Member Members Weakest Tends Allowances Know Make Up Show

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