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Louis L'Amour quotes about writing

American Author March 22, 1908 – June 10, 1988

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Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place. Louis L'Amour
One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out! Louis L'Amour
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about something that took place west of the Mississippi, it's a 'Western'- and somehow regarded as a lesser work. I write historical novels about the frontier. Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour quote: "I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson,..."
I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant. Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour quote: "Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until..."
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on Louis L'Amour

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