9 Donald E. Westlake Quotes for You to Enjoy

Donald E. Westlake

American Writer

Born: Jul 12, 1933

Died: Dec 31, 2008

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

Mother Talk Mother's Day Boy His Gonna

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

Hope Time Sense Look Make Makes Again Note Aside Set

I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off. Donald E. Westlake

Best Words Old Language Feeling Sense Else Characters More Cast Gives Both More Than Anything Almost Leads Off Campfire Than Anything Anything Else Story Which Choice Creates Should Actor Start

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

The many magazines, ranging from pulp to slick, that used to serve as both farm teams for writers and lures to readers, with hundreds of short stories every month, don't exist. Most of the doors for new people have been sealed. Donald E. Westlake

People Doors Farm Every Slick Month Hundreds Magazines Both Writers New Most Readers Been Exist New People The Doors Short Stories Short Stories Used Sealed Many Teams Serve Pulp

A guy named Peter Rabe wrote a batch of books for Gold Medal in the '50s, and he was absolutely the single largest influence on writing style. I was completely in love with the way the man wrote. Donald E. Westlake

Westlake is allusive, indirect, referential, a bit rococo, Stark strips his sentences down to the necessary information. Donald E. Westlake

Down Bit Strips Indirect His Information Sentences Stark Necessary

The critics didn't like it at all. They felt it was crude and violent without meaning, and they dumped on it. 'Point Blank' marked a shift in movie-making, and they weren't ready for it. However, I think those were the last negative words ever said about it. Donald E. Westlake

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