"I don't get in a position to be……" — Elmore Leonard

"I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills."

— Elmore Leonard

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62 Quotes by Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard has 62 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to…
Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this…
At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline.…
I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.
Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages,…
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's…
The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.
Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.

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More Always Pay Quotes

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Great men always pay deference to greater. — Walter Savage Landor
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with… — Raymond Chandler
Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills. — Margaret Thatcher
But in this world of morally-warped phenomena there are rare and happy exceptions of truly great magnitude, which always pay… — Vissarion Belinsky
There is no ecological architecture, no intelligent architecture and no sustainable architecture - there is only good architecture. There are… — Eduardo Souto de Moura
Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs. — Michael Josephson
Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent. — Max Lerner
I warn you, Kelsey, that I'm an extremely patient man. I've had extensive practice in waiting out the enemy. My… — Colleen Houck
Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun! — Mary Wesley
Women will always pay the price for love, that is why God makes us so much stronger than men. — Robin Lim
The best investments you ever make are investments in yourself - and your education. Those investments always pay big dividends. — Donald Trump
I feel that you always pay when you are a child. — Itzhak Perlman

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