“I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for We...” — Elmore Leonard Quote

“I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the '50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like 'Dime Western' and '10 Story Western' that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, 'I like Westerns.'”

“I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing.”

“Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.”

“I plowed fields with horses and worked as a hired hand in high school for 50 cents a day.”

“Cents are the most universally used interval measure.”

“Now that Obama's president, it changes inner-city youths. They can now not just dream to be Lil Waynes and 50 Cents, but they can now dream to be Obamas.”