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Elmore Leonard Quotes

My purpose is to entertain and please myself. I feel that if I am entertained, then there will be enough other readers who will be entertained, too.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Myself Purpose I Am Feel Enough Who

The Latino population has become such a presence. We are part of the American tapestry in a very profound way, in every area you can think of, and are very significant in popular culture.

Culture Think American You Become

In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'

Work You Say Why Try May

I have a lot of faith in people.

Faith People Lot

I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it.

Effort Know Taxation Avoiding Goes

We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.

America Plan Need Successful Going

Writing a screenplay needs to be more than words on a page - and by the way, I think the words on the page are something you have to try to execute on the highest level you can; I'm not dismissing that by any regard.

Words Writing Think You Page Way

Feature film can have a major role in explaining ideas and describing peoples' lives and their struggles.

Ideas Struggles Film Role Describing

The last thing I wanted to do was play another womanizer or ladies' man or Lothario. I've taken myself out of the running for a lot of those parts, because it's just more of the same.

Myself Man Play More Same Out

It's pretty crazy. I was thinking about that today, how 'True Blood' has penetrated so much of the cultural zeitgeist. It's truly amazing; it's incredible! The cover of 'Rolling Stone' is major. What's next, the cover of 'Vanity Fair?' When I'm in a 'New Yorker' cartoon, then I will feel like I have made it.

Today Amazing Crazy Thinking Feel

I just have more fun when I get to try new things - and the action film genre has kind of painted itself into a corner, copied itself so many times and it has basically run out of bad buys.

New Things Fun Action Bad New Run

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Truth Impossible You Old Whatever

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.

Time Best Me Book Picture Choose

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