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Elmore Leonard Quotes

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.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 11, 1925 - August 20, 2013

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Time Myself Fun Writing Drive You

Give yourself pleasure; see your friends; go to the movies.

Yourself Friends Go Movies See Give

Anytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for your freedom until you once more believe in your own concept of the 'deity.'

John Henrik Clarke

God Hope Freedom Ugly Believe You

When you left this one theater in Norfolk, the actors had to walk through the lobby to get out to the street. People would see you and say nice things, tell you that you were good. So, pretty soon I'm pretending to forget things backstage, going through the lobby a couple of times.

Good Walk People You Nice Street

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Great Plants Seeds Grow Difference

Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color.

Miriam Margolyes

Friend Words Color Think American

I was a librarian in a city school.

School City Librarian

I've written for Rita Ora; I've written for Chiddy Bang - there's been a few.

Bang Been Few Written Rita

Nobody can defeat you when you all are working together.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Working Together Together You Defeat

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

Fun Acting Nothing More Stage Been

I am not a creationist as the term is usually understood. I believe that the earth is billions of years old and the universe even older. I do believe that God is the creator, but that's a completely different thing. I've written in defense of evolution and made arguments that are based on evolution.

God I Am Believe Universe Earth Old

I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me.

Me Care Stylish Something How

Getting a Grammy nomination for 'Brooklyn' meant a lot, especially because, as an album, it was one that was very personal to me but also one that I self-produced and had gone outside the label.

Me Brooklyn Personal Outside Gone

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