Elmore Leonard Quotes

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that life had to offer. I think I wrote my very first piece of fiction at the age of 12, but then I didn't write any more for quite a long time.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.

The best ideas are those that really affect me emotionally - those are the ones you never forget. You think to yourself, 'I want to write that book', for years; those are the ideas that I love to work with, and 'The Bone Garden' was one of them.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

You never know how - or when - the idea for a book will appear.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

I love writing different things.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I wrote when I was in kindergarten. I was a reader and a re-reader. That's the main reason I became a writer.

Books come from within.

Each book first begins with a little idea.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.

To write, you need to find what you love.

I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love.