Barbara Mertz Quotes

Barbara Mertz — American Author born on September 29, 1927,

Barbara Mertz was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952 she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. While she was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, in the 1960s she authored two books on ancient Egypt, both of which have remained in print ever since... (wikipedia)

Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.