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My parents made every effort to encourage me to pursue anything in life that I enjoyed or found appealing so that I would be able to better understand myself and my passions as I grew up.

~Elliot Knight

Topics: Able Anything Appealing Better Effort Encourage Enjoyed Every Found Grew Life Made Me Myself Parents Passions Pursue Understand Up Would

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Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities.

~Elliott Carter

Topics: Ability Advanced Anything Could Far Had Liked Make More Never Out Realized Serious Study Tastes Than Threw Tried Well Were Worthwhile Write I Tried

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I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.

~Elliott Smith

Topics: Anything Designed Dying Going Head Important Keep Keeps Money More Off Raise Seems Something Than Think Top Users

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I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

~Elliott Smith

Topics: Anything Gonna Oscars Playing Think

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One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun.

~Elmer Davis

Topics: America Anything Authority Done Every Everybody Expected Field His One Of The Things Own Subject Sun Things Who Wrong

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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.

~Elmore Leonard

Topics: Am Anyone Anything Attitude Avoid Away Because Character Describe Describing Developing Going Good He His Point Point Of View Revealed Sees Stay Style Then Things Use View Voice Way Weaknesses Will You Your I Am I Can

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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.

~Elmore Leonard

Topics: Anything Become Copy Could Day Did Every Every Day Funny Got He Hemingway Humor Just Know Like Me Occurred Perhaps Say Sense Sense Of Humor Someone Sound Start Sudden Then Think Thought Too Would Write Writing Written You Your

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If I just sit here, what am I going to do? I don't have a trade. I don't teach or anything. I just love to make up characters and gradually build a story around them.

~Elmore Leonard

Topics: Am Anything Around Build Characters Going Gradually Here Just Love Make Make Up Sit Story Teach Them Trade Up

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A friend of mine who is in the publishing business knew I was writing a book, and he said, 'Have you said anything yet about the good guy? Because I know you spend so much time with the bad guys.' Because they're fun. So then you have to make the good guy fun, in order to compete. That's the challenge.

~Elmore Leonard

Topics: About Anything Bad Bad Guys Because Book Business Challenge Compete Friend Fun Good Good Guy Guy Guys He Knew Know Make Mine Much Order Publishing Said So Much Time Spend Then Time Who Writing You

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I don't get in a position to be frightened. I don't do anything dangerous, and I always pay my bills.

~Elmore Leonard

Topics: Always Anything Bills Dangerous Frightened Get Pay Position

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