"Those 4 guys in the late 60's who……" — Donald E. Westlake
"Those 4 guys in the late 60's who attacked a jewel merchant on New York's West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so they could steal his jewel-filled station wagon, which they abandoned 2 blocks later because none of them could drive a stick shift. Where would I be without such people?"
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31 Quotes by Donald E. Westlake
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Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.
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Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.
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Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.
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When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the…
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Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of…
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The many magazines, ranging from pulp to slick, that used to serve as both farm teams for writers and lures…
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