Rex Stout on Life
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Rex Stout, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Rex Stout, entry #116260: "There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living – cook books and detective stories."
Attributed to Rex Stout, entry #137303: "There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions – is he tall, is he short? – he had better quit."
3 Quotes by Rex Stout on Life
"There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living – cook books and detective stories."
"There are two kinds of characters in all fiction, the born and the synthetic. If the writer has to ask himself questions – is he tall, is he short? – he had better quit."
"One trouble with living beyond your deserved number of years is that there's always some reason to live another year. And I'd like to live another year so that Nixon won't be President. If he's re-elected I'll have to live another four years."