I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who is in the publishing business knew I was writing a book, and he said, 'Have you said… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I started out of course with Hemingway when I learned how to write. Until I realized Hemingway doesn't have a sense of… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That's what… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste of time. You've got too… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I used to be able to write five pages a day, every day, no problem. Now a good day is five or… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. Never use a verb other… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I never know what I'm going to write next. If I'm still writing the book but I'm very near the end, and… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm very much aware in the writing of dialogue, or even in the narrative too, of a rhythm. There has to be… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm not aware of a cadence when writing, but I hear it after. I write in longhand, and that helps. You're closer… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Writing on the beach is not what it's cracked up to be. The sand blows, and you perspire, and the page gets… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I really - I don't take my work that seriously, and I think that's what keeps me loose. If I try to… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“The one thing Leonard won't tolerate is fancy prose. As he states in his 10 Rules of Writing: "If it sounds like… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
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… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“There’s something happening here, I know it. It’s right in front of my face, but I just can’t see it.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
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… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
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… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“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… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“A wife's faithful to her husband, subject to him. It's in the bible.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
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