Donald E. Westlake

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#farewell #four #friend #her #interview

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

— Donald E. Westlake

#far #fewer #publishers #publishing #significant

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

— Donald E. Westlake

#finds #looking #new #new york #once

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#am #back #boss #come #here

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

— Donald E. Westlake

#aside #comes #hope #i #look

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

— Donald E. Westlake

#ideas #industry #publishing #received #weren

If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#i #independent #movie #producers #root

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. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#anything #drain #else #except #god

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

#became #better #character #choice #conscious

Sorry; I have no space left for advice. Just do it. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#i #just #just do it #left #sorry