Donald E. Westlake quotes
Donald E. Westlake was an American novelist, celebrated for his crime fiction and darkly comic stories. His work features complex characters and clever, unpredictable plots, often centered around heists and capers. He wrote more than a hundred novels, many under various pseudonyms, and received numerous prestigious awards. Here are 37 of his quotes:
New York doesn't exactly have neighborhoods, the way most cities do. What it has is closer to distinct and separate villages, some of them existing on different continents, some of them existing in different centuries, and many of them at war with one another. English is not the primary language in many of these villages, but the Roman alphabet does still have a slight edge.
Donald E. Westlake
I was once - and only once - asked if I could have had a writing career without the movies. That stopped me, and I was very happy to have to think about it, and decide I knew the answer. Yes; not this career, but a career. Without movie money, either from writing screenplays or selling rights to novels, I could still have enough of a career that I could support myself and not have to work at some other job, but it would be, shall we say, a less lavish lifestyle.
Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake
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Occupation: American Writer
Born: July 12, 1933
Died: December 31, 2008
Quotes count: 37
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