Lisa Unger Quotes & Sayings

“I live for the blank page.”

“There's nothing particularly dark in my past... I live in the light. My disposition is basically happy. I have a good life.”

“I've always had this in a kind of worst-case dark imagination. I want to know what the dark form in the window is. I want to know what the noise under the staircase is.”

“I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.”

“I'm a 'bound book' kind of girl. I have a Kindle, and I enjoy it for some things, like convenience or instant gratification, or all the little things that you can do with them.”

“Maybe I have this fascination with the dark side because I live in the light. I don't have any dysfunction, and I've never experienced trauma.”

“I love a big, character-rich story with a dark heart, with a compelling mystery or some kind of ticking clock at its center. I want to be lured in by prose, captured by character, and bound by stellar plotting to keep turning the pages.”

“I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the dark, twisted love story at its center.”

“The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. That's the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger.”

“There's a village in my computer - friends, fans, readers, and colleagues. It's a populous, sometimes chaotic little burg always bustling with news, gossip, opinions and potential excitement.”