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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the keys. I'm doing action stories, so that's the way I like to do it.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never know what I'm going to write next. If I'm still writing the book but I'm very near the end, and I begin to think of what I'd like to do next, then I'll know that what I'm writing is in hand. I'll think of an ending and it will be fine.
- Bad Guys
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- Nov 07, 2020
The bad guys are the fun guys. The only people I have trouble with are the so-called normal types. Their language isn't very colorful, and they don't talk with any certain sound.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you are developing your style, you avoid weaknesses. I am not good at describing things, so I stay away from it. And if anyone is going to describe anything at all, it's going to be from the point of view of the character, because then I can use his voice, and his attitude will be revealed in the way he describes what he sees.
- Bad Guys
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I have several bad guys and I only want to end up with one of them, then I have to decide which one I want in the end. And normally it's the one who is the most interesting talker.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to write any more screenplays, I'll tell you that right now. It's a waste of time. You've got too many people who think they have the answer to a good screenplay and they don't. No one knows.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Computer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have any of the modern stuff. I don't have e-mail. I don't have a computer!
- Advertising
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- Nov 07, 2020
I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I have enough I'll quit and go fishing? I like to write books. It's the most satisfying thing I do.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020