I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems — David Ross MacDonald
I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves. — David Ross MacDonald
I had reached the point when I could not see anything clearly ahead, I needed help, and I got it. — David Ross MacDonald
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. — David Ross MacDonald
As I stood there absorbing hammett’s novel, the slot machines at the back of the shop were — David Ross MacDonald
Nothing is wrong with california that a rise in the ocean level wouldn’t cure. — David Ross MacDonald
We writers, as we work our way deeper into our craft, learn to drop more and more personal clues. — David Ross MacDonald
The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations — David Ross MacDonald
