Some people say you pick up the Dirty Boogie where you left it off. Others say you pick it up where you would have been had you never gotten off it. - James Lee Burke
And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place. - James Lee Burke
Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity. - James Lee Burke
I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage. - James Lee Burke