Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard, Jr.was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 October 1925
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
block believe inspiration
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
waste stories short-story
I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.
book want mystery
I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.
character auditions scene
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.
book writing please
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.
book writing stories
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story,
romantic-love looks too-late
It's like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it.
block believe littles
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.
guy four twenties
Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.
guy want 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.
eye men two
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
tattoo girl dragons
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.
dream night destiny
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.
boat booze broads
I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.