Erle Stanley Gardner Quotes
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The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.
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After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.
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I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my own safeguard against being convicted unjustly. To my mind, that's government. That's law and order.
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If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!
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The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.
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I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.
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It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.
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Now listen, Lam," he said, "you’re a nice egg but you’ve got yourself poured into the wrong pan.