Quotes by Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

A friend of mine who is in the publishing business knew I was writing a book, and he said, ‘Have you said anything yet about the good guy? Because I know you spend so much time with the bad guys.’ Because they’re fun. So then you have to make the good guy fun, in order to compete. That’s the challenge.

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Fun

Writing

A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now.

Men

Thinking

Two

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

Matter

Paper

Writing

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.

Thinking

Writing

Years

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

Confusing

Needs

Writing

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Book

Too Much

Writing

Avoid prologues: they can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

Annoying

Introduction

Prologue

Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.

Four

Guy

Twenties

Don’t go into great detail describing places and things, unless you’re Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don’t want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

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Want

Don’t worry about what your mother thinks of your language.

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Quotes by Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now.

A pen connects you to the paper. It definitely matters.

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.

All the information you need can be given in dialogue.

At the time I begin writing a novel, the last thing I want to do is follow a plot outline. To know too much at the start takes the pleasure out of discovering what the book is about.

Avoid prologues: they can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

Bad guys are not bad guys twenty-four hours a day.

Don’t go into great detail describing places and things, unless you’re Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don’t want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.

Don’t worry about what your mother thinks of your language.

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