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> [“There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees; and there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living, whose reason for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/there-are-cities-that-get-by-on-their-good-looks-offer-climate-and/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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> [There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/there-are-cities-that-get-by-on-their-good-looks-offer-climate-and-2/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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## More by Elmore Leonard

> [It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/it-took-me-20-years-to-buy-an-electric-typewriter-because-i-was/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/these-are-rules-i-ve-picked-up-along-the-way-to-help-me-remain/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [“There’s something happening here, I know it. It’s right in front of my face, but I just can’t see it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/there-s-something-happening-here-i-know-it-it-s-right-in-front-of-my/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/the-line-of-dialogue-belongs-to-the-character-the-verb-is-the-writer/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-try-to-leave-out-the-parts-that-people-skip/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-have-fun-writing-i-don-t-make-it-a-chore-i-don-t-have-to-struggle/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/if-it-sounds-like-writing-i-rewrite-it-or-if-proper-usage-gets-in-the/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-don-t-think-writers-compete-i-think-they-re-all-doing-separate/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's all right, it's still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/after-58-years-you-d-think-writing-would-get-easier-it-doesn-t-if-you/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [“He saw Harvey and Edgar catch each other's eye as he looked off toward the strains of "Alley Cat," Jesus, hoping they'd rush it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/he-saw-harvey-and-edgar-catch-each-other-s-eye-as-he-looked-off/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-m-not-going-to-write-for-posterity-i-m-going-to-write-to-make-a-buck/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [“A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/a-wife-s-faithful-to-her-husband-subject-to-him-it-s-in-the-bible/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [Using adverbs is a mortal sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/using-adverbs-is-a-mortal-sin/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [Try not to write the parts that people skip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/try-not-to-write-the-parts-that-people-skip/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

> [I want the reader to know what's going on. So there's never a mystery in my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elmore-leonard/i-want-the-reader-to-know-what-s-going-on-so-there-s-never-a-mystery/)

[Elmore Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elmore-leonard/)

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