Elmore Leonard Quotes

When I get an idea for a book, something appeals to me, it's usually a character. I'll see a picture of a female marshal in front of the courthouse in Miami and she's got a shotgun on her hip and it goes up on an angle. And she's good-looking. And I say, 'I've got to use her.'

Elmore Leonard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.

Joel Kinnaman

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Too much agreement kills the chat.

John Jay Chapman

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My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

Anita Desai

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

John Sharp Williams

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The basic dream of many Colombians is to have a secure nation, without exclusions, with equity, and without hatred.

Alvaro Uribe

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Look, 85% percent of Democrats think the economy's fine. What does that tell you about these people?

Rush Limbaugh

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To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.

Russell M. Nelson

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I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.

Mo Farah

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I'm an advocate of music in schools. It's important to me that music is in as many schools as possible across this country and across the world. I think that it's a lost art form because kids aren't as exposed to it as maybe they used to be, or should be. I was exposed heavily to jazz and that's why I love it.

Chrisette Michele

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I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.

Clifford Geertz

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My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.

Peter Agre

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You can't afford to live your life with regrets.

Shane Warne

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