Robert Parker Quotes (26 Quotes)

We think someone gave him some clothes and he's been communicating with some people. We took some things off of him - he still had the blade that he used to escape.

As I say, I'm not sure I'd have undertaken it... Oh, yeah, I would. They were offering me a hell of a lot of money.

Personally, I'm happy to get a tax cut, ... But when I look at how much the war on terrorism is costing and the other large items out there, like changes to Medicare, I am watching it. Worried is too strong a word, but I am concerned.

Trust me, I didn't add any points for Ms. Samson's personal presentation.

It creates a little buzz in the marketplace. It helps keep the word out there among enthusiasts.

On the big issues, Joan and I are amazingly in tune, but on the creature-comfort level, we're incompatible.

So it's - the book is the book, the movie is the movie, the money is the money, and - you know

I hereby resign from Prudential Insurance Company of America. As I look back over my years with the company, I note there have been three of them.

Their Spenser, Robert Urich, is big, graceful, good-looking and young (a runner-up in the Robert B. Parker look-alike contest).

Being a professor and working are not the same thing. The academic community is composed largely of nitwits. If I may generalize. People who don't know very much about what matters very much, who view life through literature rather than the other way around.

Joan and I separated in 1982 and reunited in 1984, at which time we had arrived at the conclusion that it probably wasn't a good idea for us to share the same living space twenty-four hours a day.

I rarely write Spenser For Hire. The ABC series is based on characters created by me, and I serve on the program as a consultant. As we all know, a consultant's first responsibility is to deposit the check every week. After that, I read each script and make suggestions.

It was like a member of the family. We loved the dog. There is nothing wrong on our part.

We travel all over the state, usually just for two days (the weekend).

I don't want to work hard on a book that is not going to be published in my lifetime. I want the money now And, of course, I want to see the book published.

It's the first time we've ever done this, but we are endeavoring to provide more clear, comprehensive and instantaneous information for people who want to monitor the election returns.

We canceled the Fourth of July concerts. Every year that was a money-loser. If someone had come along and sponsored it, that would have been fine, but year after year it was a money-loser.

It's an investment in the community in terms of our tax base and in good-paying jobs for our citizens,

I trusted them to find me a mortgage at a good rate. He told me that was the best rate. I took his word for it. But now I know I could have done better than that.

I have known an interesting, sexy, independent woman for some 50 years and have had many opportunities to observe her in many different situations. And one of the many things I have learned during the course of our relationship is that ultimately the things that separate women from men are less significant than the things that we have in common with each other.

I don't imagine I would have chosen to spend the last twenty-six years of my life writing about a character whose values and virtues I disdained.

They needed to do it. If this restructuring is left to year three out of the three-year plan, I think the market is going to be unimpressed.

The case is nonsense. It's a political folly and has been from the outset. It's part of the government's campaign to try to demonize the tobacco manufacturers, and it has failed.

They have been over the last few years, compared to other competitors like Philips, slow to restructure. Now they're having to bite the bullet.

He is a very dangerous individual and we are very glad to have him back in custody.

I don't go to the movies, and I never watch television except ballgames and Law Order. I can talk along with the reruns now. My lips move with Mike Logan's.