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Donald E. Westlake Quotes

Donald E. Westlake quotes

American Writer July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008

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I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss. Donald E. Westlake
Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten. Donald E. Westlake
What advice I would give to anybody about anything. Life is a slow-motion avalanche, and none of us are steering." (When asked in an interview about what question he's tired of being asked.) Donald E. Westlake
Story ideas had never been a problem for him, there'd always been more ideas than time to write them, he'd reject one perfectly good notion because he fell more simpatico toward a different one. But of course he could never go back to any of those ancient story stubs, they wouldn't still have juice in them. For him, creating a novel was like gardening; you choose your seed, you treat it exactly the way the package says, and gradually a thing of beauty - or of sturdiness, or of nutrition -... Donald E. Westlake
A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview. Donald E. Westlake
I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off. Donald E. Westlake
My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output. Donald E. Westlake
The many magazines, ranging from pulp to slick, that used to serve as both farm teams for writers and lures to readers, with hundreds of short stories every month, don't exist. Most of the doors for new people have been sealed. Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake quote: "I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the..."
I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again. Donald E. Westlake
A lady doctor in the foreground, black horn-rims and white lab coat, suddenly cried,?You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves! Do you realize what you're doing to the reality concepts we're trying to instill in these people? How do you expect them to differentiate between illusion and reality when you do something like this? Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake quote: "All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant...."
All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers. Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake quote: "My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up."
My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up. Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake quote: "Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"
Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother? Donald E. Westlake
It was apparent...that, all over America, thousands of people threw down a book or got up from a television show and said, 'I can write better than that!' It was amazing how many of them were wrong. Donald E. Westlake
Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder. Donald E. Westlake

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