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Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss."

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear."

Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.




Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?"

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button."

The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button.




Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact."

In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man."

When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview."

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.




Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back."

What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new."

Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all."

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers."

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder.




Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."

All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again."

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it."

Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it."

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on him, it's hard to keep him that stripped down."

It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on him, it's hard to keep him that stripped down.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family."

Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "I do bookstore signings, and it seems to me that I get a variety of men and women, more women than I'd expect, and grown-ups among my readers."

I do bookstore signings, and it seems to me that I get a variety of men and women, more women than I'd expect, and grown-ups among my readers.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "In a funny way, the stories keep themselves alive by emerging from one another. I like that."

In a funny way, the stories keep themselves alive by emerging from one another. I like that.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up."

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "What advice I would give to anybody about anything. Life is a slow-motion avalanche, and none of us are steering." (When asked in an interview about what question he's tired of being asked.)"

What advice I would give to anybody about anything. Life is a slow-motion avalanche, and none of us are steering." (When asked in an interview about what question he's tired of being asked.)



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "If Chester had a failing, it was that he believed people were what they thought they were."

If Chester had a failing, it was that he believed people were what they thought they were.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat."

Eyes wide and blank as the buttons on a first Communion coat.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me."

Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "I have no known marketable skills."

I have no known marketable skills.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said."

If you leave me here," the guy on the floor said, "he'll kill me tomorrow morning." Parker looked at him. "So you've still got tonight," he said.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "The only thing I learned from the architecture is keep the bathroom and the kitchen near each other, so you don't have to run pipes all over the place."

The only thing I learned from the architecture is keep the bathroom and the kitchen near each other, so you don't have to run pipes all over the place.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Writing is flat, so if you only have part of one eye working, you still can do the job. It's just that you sit there and you're angry, which doesn't help."

Writing is flat, so if you only have part of one eye working, you still can do the job. It's just that you sit there and you're angry, which doesn't help.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "The thing that I prefer, when I'm working on a book, is to do a seven-day week, because it's easy to lose some of the details of what you're doing along the way."

The thing that I prefer, when I'm working on a book, is to do a seven-day week, because it's easy to lose some of the details of what you're doing along the way.



Donald E. Westlake Quotes: "Sorry I have no space left for advice. Just do it."

Sorry I have no space left for advice. Just do it.