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Elmore Leonard quotes: I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it. I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing. I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.
Elmore Leonard quotes: My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too. My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.
Elmore Leonard quotes: He called out to no one in particular, Fire in the Hole! He called out to no one in particular, Fire in the Hole!
Elmore Leonard quotes: Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip. Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.' I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out. I'm just telling a story. I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out. I'm just telling a story.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Don't interrupt a man when he's giving himself hell. Don't interrupt a man when he's giving himself hell.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words. I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Quiet and calculating. He hasn't changed that much since. Always mild-mannered, the nice guy - until someone steps over the line and challenges him. Quiet and calculating. He hasn't changed that much since. Always mild-mannered, the nice guy - until someone steps over the line and challenges him.
Elmore Leonard quotes: A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible. A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Fate was working its ass off when it got us all together. Fate was working its ass off when it got us all together.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Skip the boring parts. Skip the boring parts.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I try to leave out the parts readers skip. I try to leave out the parts readers skip.
Elmore Leonard quotes: What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice. What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
Elmore Leonard quotes: You never know what somebody might tell you,' Chris said, 'when they think you're somebody else. You never know what somebody might tell you,' Chris said, 'when they think you're somebody else.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or four pages, and that's from 9:30 A.M. until 6 P.M.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books. I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
Elmore Leonard quotes: My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out. My characters have to talk, or they're out. They audition in early scenes. If they can't talk, they're given less to do, or thrown out.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills. I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph. I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.
Elmore Leonard quotes: It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does. It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.
Elmore Leonard quotes: All over the world ... the past was being wiped out by condominiums. All over the world ... the past was being wiped out by condominiums.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Psychopaths ... people who know the differences between right and wrong, but don't give a shit. That's what most of my characters are like. Psychopaths ... people who know the differences between right and wrong, but don't give a shit. That's what most of my characters are like.
Elmore Leonard quotes: It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages. Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages.
Elmore Leonard quotes: My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip. My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.
Elmore Leonard quotes: A: Anyone who looks like she does has to be somebody ... B: What does she look like?A: An ice cream. I had a spoon I would have eaten her. A: Anyone who looks like she does has to be somebody ...
B: What does she look like?
A: An ice cream. I had a spoon I would have eaten her.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I've learned if you're ever angry enough to hit somebody, don't do it. Cool down and get yourself a pistol. I've learned if you're ever angry enough to hit somebody, don't do it. Cool down and get yourself a pistol.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't think writers compete, I think they're all doing separate things in their own style. I don't think writers compete, I think they're all doing separate things in their own style.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay. Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
Elmore Leonard quotes: To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it's then you can say, 'It's fun, To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it's then you can say, 'It's fun, boy.'
Elmore Leonard quotes: Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers. Writers - all writers, even screenwriters - like to make their mark. I don't think many screenwriters can write. They pass as writers.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Do you want me to tell you what I give a shit about at age sixty-five', Cullen said, 'and what I don't give a shit about?'(page 262) Do you want me to tell you what I give a shit about at age sixty-five', Cullen said, 'and what I don't give a shit about?'
(page 262)
Elmore Leonard quotes: The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I always felt, you don't have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job. I always felt, you don't have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.
Elmore Leonard quotes: She wondered what he looked like with his hat off and wondered again if he knew he was funny. She wondered what he looked like with his hat off and wondered again if he knew he was funny.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy. I never see my bad guys as simply bad. They want pretty much the same thing that you and I want: they want to be happy.
Elmore Leonard quotes: And she thought if you don't have the desire to fight or wait for something there's no reason for being on earth. And she thought if you don't have the desire to fight or wait for something there's no reason for being on earth.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword. Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
Elmore Leonard quotes: If a man must make excuses for himself, continually argue with himself that he is a man, then he is better off dead. If a man must make excuses for himself, continually argue with himself that he is a man, then he is better off dead.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day. Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.
Elmore Leonard quotes: He watched the eternity of the sky. The dark was restful, but the vastness was cold and made you draw something close to you. He watched the eternity of the sky. The dark was restful, but the vastness was cold and made you draw something close to you.
Elmore Leonard quotes: In the light of eternity, is it better to sell out and ride or stand up and walk? In the light of eternity, is it better to sell out and ride or stand up and walk?
Elmore Leonard quotes: If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it. If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
Elmore Leonard quotes: When you're really cute that's all you have to be, you make a career out of it. someone asks you what you do, you say, 'nothing. i'm cute. When you're really cute that's all you have to be, you make a career out of it. someone asks you what you do, you say, 'nothing. i'm cute.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Raylan got ready. Raylan got ready.
Elmore Leonard quotes: There were a lot of terms you had to learn, as opposed to the shylock business where all you had to know how to say was 'Give me the fuckin There were a lot of terms you had to learn, as opposed to the shylock business where all you had to know how to say was 'Give me the fuckin money.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Try not to write the parts that people skip. Try not to write the parts that people skip.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Don't worry about what your mother thinks of your language. Don't worry about what your mother thinks of your language.
Elmore Leonard quotes: There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries. There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer. I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back. I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
Elmore Leonard quotes: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite. If it sounds like writing, I rewrite.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.' Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'
Elmore Leonard quotes: I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.
Elmore Leonard quotes: All the information you need can be given in dialogue. All the information you need can be given in dialogue.
Elmore Leonard quotes: There's something happening here, I know it. It's right in front of my face, but I just can't see it. There's something happening here, I know it. It's right in front of my face, but I just can't see it.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted. I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo. I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Tony was a lawyer, so you had to accept the fact he was opinionated and full of shit. Tony was a lawyer, so you had to accept the fact he was opinionated and full of shit.
Elmore Leonard quotes: To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing. To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together. I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together.
Elmore Leonard quotes: "Wonderful things can happen", Vincent said, "when you plant seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes." "Wonderful things can happen", Vincent said, "when you plant seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."
Elmore Leonard quotes: There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much. There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write. Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring. I got halfway through 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' I don't get it at all. What's the big thrill? It's boring.
Elmore Leonard quotes: I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer! I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!
Elmore Leonard quotes: If you're going to spend your life standing on principle, you want to be sure everyone understands what the principle is. If you're going to spend your life standing on principle, you want to be sure everyone understands what the principle is.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit. Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit.
Elmore Leonard quotes: The personality and the ego scream, while the soul whispers. The personality and the ego scream, while the soul whispers.
Elmore Leonard quotes: A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters. A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.
Elmore Leonard quotes: Using adverbs is a mortal sin. Using adverbs is a mortal sin.
Elmore Leonard quotes: She said very quietly, "Mitch?" "What?" "There's somebody downstairs." "I know there is. She said very quietly, "Mitch?" "What?" "There's somebody downstairs." "I know there is.

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