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My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#constant #days #flexible #hours #i

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

#became #better #character #choice #conscious

Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You could learn something from Nabokov on every page he ever wrote. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#could #ever #every #learn #like

The condition in New Orleans was changing every day. I said, why don't we appropriate another $10 billion, come back and look at the situation, and do another $10 billion every week, or every 10 days? ↗

— Lynn Westmoreland

#appropriate #back #billion #changing #come

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#i #know #lynched #lynching #my own

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#dead #just #listed #masterpiece #memorial

My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea. ↗

— Edward Weston

#change #entirely #eye #eyes #idea

Now to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk. Such rules and laws are deduced from the accomplished fact; they are the products of reflection. ↗

— Edward Weston

#before #composition #consult #consulting #deduced

My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together. ↗

— Joe Wright

#father #i #i was born #much #time

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance. ↗

— Kim Weston

#get #hindrance #i #i think #know