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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
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Elmore Leonard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 20
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Film Producer
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Dutch Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr.
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I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.
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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.'
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Skip the boring parts.
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It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.
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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.
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I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
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