Mary McCarthy Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: June 21, 1912 - October 25, 1989
Birthday: June 21
Death: October 25
I once started a detective story to make money—but I couldn't get the murder to take place! At the end of three chapters I was still describing the characters and the milieu, so I thought, this is not going to work. No corpse!
topic: Character, Stories, Detectives, Detective Stories
