Laura Lippman Quotes

I have taken to living by my wits.

I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to get along with everybody or fight with everybody, and I did my fair share of both. But you have to learn how to get along. I did an awful lot of fighting. I was tough, but I'm also relatively small, so I learned very early on to use my mind.

I can pretty much take anything that comes at me.

I'm not a pushover.

I turned out to be a tough, smart kid.

I always believe that one should be able to deal with any situations.

I'm from the hood. You put me in a rough neighborhood and believe me, I'm OK.

I'm a big boy with big shoulders and I've had some real world issues so getting some stick online doesn't bother me.

I am nice, yeah. I'm cool. But I'm no push-over. And if someone gets one over on me, they've done it when my eyes were closed, and it doesn't happen twice.

The sum total of all my stop-starts have made me less concerned about the future. I'm just aware now that I'll always land on my feet somehow.

If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.

I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.

You learn to kid around and joke and not take things too seriously because somehow its all gonna work out for the best - or you're gonna make it work out.

If you're going to succeed, then you just have to be thick-skinned. It's something I developed early in my career, and it just goes with the territory.

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what I was doing, but it worked and the character suited me.

Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years.

I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

Every situation I have ever been in I have been trained for, and I dealt with it to the best of my abilities.

Never underestimate your problem or your ability to deal with it.

You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.

I'm a good acting partner for me... when I don't have anyone else, I do really well!

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.