Donald E. Westlake > Quotes

“A lady doctor in the foreground, black horn-rims and white lab coat, suddenly cried, “You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves! Do you realize what you're doing to the reality concepts we're trying to instill in these people? How do you expect them to differentiate between illusion and reality when you do something like this?””
― Donald E. Westlake, The Hot Rock

“My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.”
― Donald E. Westlake

“His eyes were eggy with blue yolks.”
― Donald E. Westlake

“It was apparent...that, all over America, thousands of people threw down a book or got up from a television show and said, 'I can write better than that!' It was amazing how many of them were wrong.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Dancing Aztecs

“What advice I would give to anybody about anything. Life is a slow-motion avalanche, and none of us are steering." (When asked in an interview about what question he's tired of being asked.)”
― Donald E. Westlake