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
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.
writing people trying
Try not to write the parts that people skip.
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.
book writing winning
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.
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.
advertising havens left
I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
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.
writing want reader
I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.
writing paper matter
A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.
worry mind
There's nothing like work to take your mind off your worries.