"I spent most of my dough on booze,……" — Elmore Leonard
"I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted."
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62 Quotes by Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard has 62 quotes on this site.
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If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to…
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Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this…
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At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline.…
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I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.
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Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.
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I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages,…
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My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
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What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.
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After 58 years you'd think writing would get easier. It doesn't. If you're lucky, you become harder to please. That's…
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The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in.
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Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
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I don't want the reader to be aware of me as the writer.
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More Boat Quotes
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am…
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Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing…
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We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat.
— Bernard Baruch
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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I like to windsurf and ski, and most of all I love to ride horses. The wilder and faster the…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car,…
— Elayne Boosler
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Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no…
— Jeff Bridges
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive…
— Warren Buffett
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As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die…
— Coco Chanel
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Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.
— Woody Allen
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for…
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