Erle Stanley Gardner famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Writing #Stories #Checks
The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Men #Law #Looks
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 Gardner

#Rating #Mass #Dislike
Now listen, Lam," he said, "youâ€™re a nice egg but youâ€™ve got yourself poured into the wrong pan.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Nice #Eggs #Said
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.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Real #Writing #Games
Courage is the antidote to danger.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Danger #Antidote
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.
-- Erle Stanley Gardner

#Government #Order #Law
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 Gardner

#Stories #Opinion #Please
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

#Simple #Stories #Sound

Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
This is definitely a reality check for us, we've just got to learn from this and move on.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
But I thought, I've just got to check out Hollywood, so I sent out pictures and resumes.

Erle Stanley Gardner famous quotes

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