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Rex Stout Quotes about Writing

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Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Rex Stout
Writing, Mind, Shadow

The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.

Rex Stout
Book, Writing, Two

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

Rex Stout
Fun, Reading, Writing

Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to 30 or 31, depending on the length of the month, but it won't work. I don't drink while I'm writing because it fuddles my logical processes, but when I finish a book I go down to the kitchen and pour myself a big belt.

Rex Stout
Book, Writing, Kitchen
"Author Rex Stout vs. the F.B.I." by Sandra Schmidt in Life magazine (p. 132), December 10, 1965.

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.

Rex Stout
Writing, Character, Born

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.

Rex Stout
Book, Writing, Two
"Royal Decree: Conversations with Rex Stout". Book by John McAleer, p.3, 1983.

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