I once saw Dizzy Gillespie at a live show, and it made me want to go home immediately and start writing. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dizzy gillespie home
I still read Hemingway. I still read his short stories because they're so good. He doesn't waste any words. Elmore Leonard goodhemingwayread Change image and share on social
I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny. Elmore Leonard copydayfunny share on social
Writing screenplays is not my business. I've written half a dozen, and maybe half of those were made. But it was never a satisfying experience. It was just work. You're an employee. You would be told what to do. Studio execs would cross out my dialogue and put in their dialogue. Elmore Leonard businesscrossdialogue share on social
The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that. Bill Wyman dizzygillespiehear Change image and share on social
My identity has always been confused. Born in Edinburgh of a Scottish/Russian/Jewish mother and an English/Irish/Catholic father, there is no form of guilt to which I was not subjected in my childhood. Members of my immediate family live all over the world - a diaspora of cousins, aunts, uncles and more in a dizzying mix. Sara Sheridan auntbearcatholic share on social
Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful. Roman Coppola ancestralbeautifulbernalda Change image and share on social