Elmore Leonard Quotes

I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.'

Elmore Leonard

Quotes to Explore

When I put a quarter into an arcade machine or call up an emulated game on my computer, I do it to escape the world that is a slave to the time that makes things fall apart. I have never played these games to occupy my world.

D. B. Weiss
- Up
- Time
- World
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Immanuel Kant
- Honest
- Seek
- Number
I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.

Barbara Bush
- Good
- Great
- Important
I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it with success. There are moments in your life when you are driving it well, but you shift and you shift badly and you hurt yourself.

Lapo Elkann
- Life
- Success
- Moments
I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.

Wendell Wilkie
- Know
- Day
- Lose
A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.

Palaniappan Chidambaram
- Government
- Unexpected