Donald E. Westlake Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers.”

“Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.”

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

“If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.”

“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.”

“Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder.”

“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.”