Elmore John Leonard junior war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der zunächst durch seine Western und später vor allem auch durch seine Kriminalromane sowie durch die Verfilmungen seiner Bücher bekannt wurde. Wikipedia
“I leave out the parts that people skip.”
When asked about the popularity of his detective novels, quoted by William Zinsser, A Family of Readers Book-of-the-Month Club (1986)
"Making It Up as I Go Along", AARP Magazine 52 (4A), July/August 2009
Variante: Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
Newsweek (April 22, 1985)
Quelle: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
Quelle: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
“It doesn't have to make sense, it just has to sound like it does.”
Elmore Leonard buch Freaky Deaky
Quelle: Freaky Deaky
Elmore Leonard buch Out of Sight
Jack Foley
Out of Sight (1996)
Elmore Leonard buch The Big Bounce
Jack Ryan, The Big Bounce (1969)
“What do you tell a man with two black eyes? Nothing, he's already been told twice.”
Elmore Leonard buch Be Cool
Darryl, Be Cool (1999)
"Making It Up as I Go Along", AARP Magazine 52 (4A), July/August 2009
