Author: Elmore Leonard

Quotes

If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.

If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.

- Elmore Leonard

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'

- Elmore Leonard

If I just sit here, what am I going to do? I don't have a trade. I don't teach or anything. I just love to make up characters and gradually build a story around them.

If I just sit here, what am I going to do? I don't have a trade. I don't teach or anything. I just love to make up characters and gradually build a story around them.

- Elmore Leonard

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.

I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words.

- Elmore Leonard

I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.

I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.

- Elmore Leonard

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