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Elmore Leonard Quote: “Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.”

51. “Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “After 58 years you’d think writing would get easier. It doesn’t. If you’re lucky, you become harder to please. That’s all right, it’s still a pleasure.”

52. “After 58 years you’d think writing would get easier. It doesn’t. If you’re lucky, you become harder to please. That’s all right, it’s still a pleasure.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together.”

53. “I thought I explained it to you. Boyd and I dug coal together.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Don’t interrupt a man when he’s giving himself hell.”

54. “Don’t interrupt a man when he’s giving himself hell.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “It’s my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.”

55. “It’s my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “You never know what somebody might tell you,′ Chris said, ’when they think you’re somebody else.”

56. “You never know what somebody might tell you,′ Chris said, ’when they think you’re somebody else.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I don’t have any of the modern stuff. I don’t have e-mail. I don’t have a computer!”

57. “I don’t have any of the modern stuff. I don’t have e-mail. I don’t have a computer!”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “If you’re going to spend your life standing on principle, you want to be sure everyone understands what the principle is.”

58. “If you’re going to spend your life standing on principle, you want to be sure everyone understands what the principle is.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven’t ever thought about going back.”

59. “I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven’t ever thought about going back.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That’s what you’re writing for, to get people to respond to it.”

60. “There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That’s what you’re writing for, to get people to respond to it.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.”

61. “I don’t think writers compete, I think they’re all doing separate things in their own style.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “That was the essence of the good feeling: to be able to remain calm and relax while he was keyed up and confident. Never panic. Never run. Face whatever had to be faced. Be practical, reasonable, up to a point. And if reason doesn’t work, get up and kick it in the teeth. Whatever the problem is.”

62. “That was the essence of the good feeling: to be able to remain calm and relax while he was keyed up and confident. Never panic. Never run. Face whatever had to be faced. Be practical, reasonable, up to a point. And if reason doesn’t work, get up and kick it in the teeth. Whatever the problem is.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “To me, writing is the most fun. It’s not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it’s then you can say, ‘It’s fun, boy.’”

63. “To me, writing is the most fun. It’s not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you want, it’s then you can say, ‘It’s fun, boy.’”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “She liked to argue, especially with people who were serious about weird ideas they swore were true.”

64. “She liked to argue, especially with people who were serious about weird ideas they swore were true.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Louis shook his head. “I don’t know.” “What’s that?” “About going with you.” “You don’t think you will or you know it?” Louis shrugged and drew on his cigarette. “I said before I ain’t talking you into anything. But just answer me this, Louis. What does a three-time loser have to lose?” He started to back out of the drive and stopped. He said, “Louis? You only think you’re a good guy. You’re just like me, only you turned out white.”

65. “Louis shook his head. “I don’t know.” “What’s that?” “About going with you.” “You don’t think you will or you know it?” Louis shrugged and drew on his cigarette. “I said before I ain’t talking you into anything. But just answer me this, Louis. What does a three-time loser have to lose?” He started to back out of the drive and stopped. He said, “Louis? You only think you’re a good guy. You’re just like me, only you turned out white.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “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.’”

66. “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

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Everyone has his own sound. I’m not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.”

67. “Everyone has his own sound. I’m not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I want the reader to know what’s going on. So there’s never a mystery in my books.”

68. “I want the reader to know what’s going on. So there’s never a mystery in my books.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “What is it with you and Nazis?” “They fun to watch,” Ordell said. “Look at the flag they got, with the boogied-up lightning flash on it. You can’t tell if it’s suppose to be SS or Captain Marvel.”

69. “What is it with you and Nazis?” “They fun to watch,” Ordell said. “Look at the flag they got, with the boogied-up lightning flash on it. You can’t tell if it’s suppose to be SS or Captain Marvel.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.”

70. “To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Yeah, ESP,” Juvenal said. “You know how you do it? You listen to the other person instead of thinking of what you’re gonna say next. That’s all, and you learn things.”

71. “Yeah, ESP,” Juvenal said. “You know how you do it? You listen to the other person instead of thinking of what you’re gonna say next. That’s all, and you learn things.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they’re so good. He doesn’t waste any words.”

72. “I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they’re so good. He doesn’t waste any words.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Really, when I write a book I’m the only one I have to please. That’s the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.”

73. “Really, when I write a book I’m the only one I have to please. That’s the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “My characters have to talk, or they’re out. They audition in early scenes. If they can’t talk, they’re given less to do, or thrown out.”

74. “My characters have to talk, or they’re out. They audition in early scenes. If they can’t talk, they’re given less to do, or thrown out.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “That goddamn Louis, you see what he done? Put his cigarette butt in here. I’m gonna punch him right in his smokin’ mouth.” Max turned back to the form, glades mutual casualty printed across the top. He said, “I know how you feel. But when you hit an ex-con who’s done three falls, they say you better kill him.”

75. “That goddamn Louis, you see what he done? Put his cigarette butt in here. I’m gonna punch him right in his smokin’ mouth.” Max turned back to the form, glades mutual casualty printed across the top. He said, “I know how you feel. But when you hit an ex-con who’s done three falls, they say you better kill him.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “She said very quietly, “Mitch?” “What?” “There’s somebody downstairs.” “I know there is.”

76. “She said very quietly, “Mitch?” “What?” “There’s somebody downstairs.” “I know there is.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “The personality and the ego scream, while the soul whispers.”

77. “The personality and the ego scream, while the soul whispers.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “Come on up to Riv’era Beach and say those things, you be dead.”

78. “Come on up to Riv’era Beach and say those things, you be dead.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “She said, “Coming across the yard you had your hat off, but as you reached the door you put it on.” “I guess I did, didn’t I?” “You were being... I want to say official, and your hat’s like a badge of office. You like to set it forward a little, close over your eyes.” “I’ve had that hat eight years,” Raylan said. “I never thought I wore it any special way, I just put it on my head.”

79. “She said, “Coming across the yard you had your hat off, but as you reached the door you put it on.” “I guess I did, didn’t I?” “You were being... I want to say official, and your hat’s like a badge of office. You like to set it forward a little, close over your eyes.” “I’ve had that hat eight years,” Raylan said. “I never thought I wore it any special way, I just put it on my head.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “You’re going through your menopause and you thought you were in love.”

80. “You’re going through your menopause and you thought you were in love.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “I’ll give you something else to think about. Not very long ago he shot and killed a man and did it deliberately, at close range. What I’m saying is he intended to kill the guy and he did.” Again the silence before Chip said, “Come on, he told you that?” “I felt it in his hand,” Dawn said. “The one that held the gun.”

81. “I’ll give you something else to think about. Not very long ago he shot and killed a man and did it deliberately, at close range. What I’m saying is he intended to kill the guy and he did.” Again the silence before Chip said, “Come on, he told you that?” “I felt it in his hand,” Dawn said. “The one that held the gun.”

— Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard Quote: “What you’ll have to do now is ride the rap, as they say. It’s all anybody has to do.”

82. “What you’ll have to do now is ride the rap, as they say. It’s all anybody has to do.”

— Elmore Leonard

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