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The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.
Rex Stout
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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
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One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to suspend disbelief on that. If you don't, the story is spoiled.
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God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
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Wolfe scowled at her. I could see he was torn with conflicting emotions. A female in his kitchen was an outrage. A woman criticizing his or Fritz's cooking was an insult. But corned beef hash was one of life's toughest problems, never yet solved by anyone.
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The requisitions of the income tax have added greatly to the attractions of mercenary crime.
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Everything in a story should be credible.
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Dignities are like faces no two are the same.
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I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
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To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.
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I understand the technique of eccentricity it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.
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All my important decisions are made for me by my subconscious. My frontal lobes are just kidding themselves that they decide anything at all. All they do is think up reasons for the decisions that are already made.
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There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living cook books and detective stories.
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A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.
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Opinions, from experts, cost money.
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Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to 30 or 31, depending on the length of the month, but it won't work. I don't drink while I'm writing because it fuddles my logical processes, but when I finish a book I go down to the kitchen and pour myself a big belt.
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Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.
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In a world that operates largely at random, coincidences are to be expected, but any one of them must always be mistrusted.
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I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.
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I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.
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