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Elmore Leonard Quotes

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose Picture Quote #1

There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That’s what you’re writing for, to get people to respond to it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he’s already been told twice Picture Quote #1

After 58 years you’d think writing would get easier. It doesn’t. If you’re lucky, you become harder to please. That’s all right, it’s still a pleasure Picture Quote #1

If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it Picture Quote #1

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I don’t believe in writer’s block or waiting for inspiration. If you’re a writer, you sit down and write Picture Quote #1

Everyone has his own sound. I’m not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write Picture Quote #1

I don’t get in a position to be frightened. I don’t do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have fun writing. I don’t make it a chore. I don’t have to struggle with it Picture Quote #1

I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven’t ever thought about going back Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I want the reader to know what’s going on. So there’s never a mystery in my books Picture Quote #1

I’m not going to write for posterity. I’m going to write to make a buck Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does Picture Quote #1

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted Picture Quote #1

I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job Picture Quote #1

It’s my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing Picture Quote #1

A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now Picture Quote #1

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At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about Picture Quote #1

I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style Picture Quote #1

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it Picture Quote #1

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in Picture Quote #1

For pleasure, I’ll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that’s fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus Picture Quote #1

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Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose (Elmore Leonard Quotes) There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That’s what you’re writing for, to get people to respond to it (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 (Elmore Leonard Quotes) What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he’s already been told twice (Elmore Leonard Quotes) After 58 years you’d think writing would get easier. It doesn’t. If you’re lucky, you become harder to please. That’s all right, it’s still a pleasure (Elmore Leonard Quotes) If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it (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 (Elmore Leonard Quotes) Everyone has his own sound. I’m not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write (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 (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 (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I have fun writing. I don’t make it a chore. I don’t have to struggle with it (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven’t ever thought about going back (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 (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I want the reader to know what’s going on. So there’s never a mystery in my books (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I’m not going to write for posterity. I’m going to write to make a buck (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 (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 (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 (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 (Elmore Leonard Quotes) It doesn’t have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job (Elmore Leonard Quotes) It’s my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing (Elmore Leonard Quotes) A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now (Elmore Leonard Quotes) At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about (Elmore Leonard Quotes) I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style (Elmore Leonard Quotes) My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it (Elmore Leonard Quotes) The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in (Elmore Leonard Quotes) For pleasure, I’ll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that’s fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus (Elmore Leonard Quotes)

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