Erle Stanley Gardner quotes
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“It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.”
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“The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.”
-- Erle Stanley GardnerSource : Erle Stanley Gardner (1983). “Pay Dirt: And Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert”, William Morrow & Company
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“I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.”
-- Erle Stanley GardnerSource : Erle Stanley Gardner (1968). “The case of the careless cupid”, Simon & Schuster of Canada, 1969
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“Now listen, Lam," he said, "you’re a nice egg but you’ve got yourself poured into the wrong pan.”
-- Erle Stanley GardnerSource : Erle Stanley Gardner (2011). “Top of the Heap”, p.206, Titan Books
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“The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.”
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“Courage is the antidote to danger.”
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“I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my own safeguard against being convicted unjustly. To my mind, that's government. That's law and order.”
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“If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!”
-- Erle Stanley GardnerSource : The Billboard Magazine Interview, www.billboard.com. March 26, 2005.
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“After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.”
-- Erle Stanley Gardner
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“Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.”
Source : "A comforting way of death" by A. S. Byatt, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2002.
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“This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on.”
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“But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes.”
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