I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist … - Elmore Leonard

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My name came from me wanting a 'double-letter' artist name. In search of the ultimate L-word to put in front of my real name Luke, I heard Snoop Dogg rapping in Gin and Juice 'Laaaaiiidbackk. . . ' and I was sold!

Elmore Leonard

I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out. I'm just telling a story.

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I always felt, you don’t have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job.

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I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages take on the character's sound. I don't want the reader to be aware of me, writing.

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I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.

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My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

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I've quit writing screenplay [adaptations]. It's too much work. I don't look at writing a novel as work, because I only have to please myself. I have a good time sitting here by myself, thinking up situations and characters, getting them to talk - it's so satisfying. But screenwriting's different. You might think you're writing for yourself, but there are too many other people to please.

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Kenneth Anger

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

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John Lloyd Young

I definitely worked really hard to evoke Frankie Valli, but not do a strict imitation, because I feel that a strict imitation is not as compelling to watch.

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Laidback Luke

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Sonia Sotomayor

As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.

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Ed Koch

Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.

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