Elmore Leonard Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Everything in 'The Tudors' is initially based on my historical research, and the fact is that the most unlikely scenes were the ones which were probably most based on reality. I prefer to be as real as possible, and there is so much of that story that you just can't make up.

Michael Hirst

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In the movies, I loved Errol Flynn whether he was playing a soldier or a pirate. I dug pirates. In fact, my first exposure to live performances was when my paternal grandfather took me to a D'Oyly Carte performance of 'The Pirates of Penzance' which impresario Sol Hurok imported from London. I loved every minute of it.

Stephen Lang

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Have you ever been offered a job by a poor person? No one has.

Matt Bevin

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America will suffer under Trump.

Joseph Stiglitz

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At the end of the day, the only person to have a better Kobe sneaker game than me is Kobe himself.

DeMar DeRozan

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Normally, we are happy to find a fragment of jaw, a few isolated teeth, a bit of an arm, a bit of a skull. But to find associated body parts is extremely rare.

Donald Johanson

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You have to want to be Chicano to be Chicano.

Cheech Marin

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Some Sundays, I read it quickly - other Sundays, I savor it. I generally spend most of my time in 'The New York Times Book Review,' 'Sunday Business,' 'Sunday Review,' and 'The New York Times Magazine.' I turn all the other pages, only stopping when I find a headline that interests me.

Brad Feld

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I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

Brad Pitt

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I had a kid, so I had to step it up and get that cake.

Ty Dolla Sign

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A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.

Nicolas Sarkozy

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I met Adam Sandler through 'Saturday Night Live,' and we became friends.

Kevin Nealon

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