« All Inspirational Quotes · Elmore Leonard's Page
Inspirational Quotes by Elmore Leonard
- I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.
- My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
- I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.
- Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'
- I try to leave out the parts readers skip.
- There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.
- If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
- Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.
- I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
- 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…
- I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.
- Skip the boring parts.
- It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.
- If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento