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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
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Elmore Leonard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 11
Died: 2013
Died: August 20
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New Orleans
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Dutch Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr.
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I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character's sound. I don't want the reader to be aware of me, writing.
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I don't believe in writer's block. I don't know what that is. There are just certain little areas that I know I'm going to get through. It's just a matter of finding a way.
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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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I try to leave out the parts readers skip.
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Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'
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I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.
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What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
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I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
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If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.
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I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
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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.
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If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
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If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
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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.
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I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.
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Skip the boring parts.
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