I know people who have suffered writer's block, and I don't think I've ever had it. A friend of mine, for three years he couldn't write. And he said that he thought of stories and he knew the stories, could see the stories completely, but he could never find the door. Somehow that first sentence was never there. And without the door, he couldn't do the story. I've never experienced that. But it's a chilling thought.
The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button. - Donald E. Westlake
The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button.
- Donald E. Westlake
Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother? - Donald E. Westlake
Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?
I know people who have suffered writer's block, and I don't think I've ever had it. A friend of mine, for three years he couldn't write. And he said … - Donald E. Westlake
I know people who have suffered writer's block, and I don't think I've ever had it. A friend of mine, for three years he couldn't write. And he said …
I don't think I would have been a good architect. Really, I have thought about this from time to time, and I might have wound up like my father, who … - Donald E. Westlake
I don't think I would have been a good architect. Really, I have thought about this from time to time, and I might have wound up like my father, who …
Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear. - Donald E. Westlake
Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.
Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they don't… - Donald E. Westlake
Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they don't…
Years ago, I heard an interview with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The interviewer said, "Do you still practice?" And he said, "I practice every day." He… - Donald E. Westlake
Years ago, I heard an interview with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The interviewer said, "Do you still practice?" And he said, "I practice every day." He…
Those 4 guys in the late 60's who attacked a jewel merchant on New York's West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so they could steal his jewel-filled station… - Donald E. Westlake
Those 4 guys in the late 60's who attacked a jewel merchant on New York's West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so they could steal his jewel-filled station…
In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact. - Donald E. Westlake
In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.
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