My future is one I must make myself. Louis L'Amour More Quotes by Louis L'Amour More Quotes From Louis L'Amour I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one is soon writing to please reviewers and not their audience or themselves. Louis L'Amour writing believe book Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble. Louis L'Amour funny-life names adventure To exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could. Louis L'Amour adaptability made rooms The dancer becomes the dance. And I am the writing. Louis L'Amour dancer writing A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I didn't know. Louis L'Amour teachability knows men Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the tales of the oldest man or woman. Louis L'Amour block men book Knowledge was meant to be shared. Louis L'Amour were-meant-to-be meant-to-be knowledge Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember. Louis L'Amour remember thinking A good beginning makes a good end. Louis L'Amour happy-new-year-inspirational beginnings-and-ends new-beginnings Trade is much superior to piracy. You can rob and kill a man but once, but you can cheat him again and again. Louis L'Amour cheat trade men But even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night. Louis L'Amour bedroom law night I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out. Louis L'Amour eggs justice long Trail dust is thicker'n blood. Louis L'Amour trails dust blood I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant. Louis L'Amour writing The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat or perhaps an item of clothing to keep them from the cold. Thieves are usually those who have something and want more. Louis L'Amour thieves want men To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking. Louis L'Amour pursue men thinking Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little. Louis L'Amour contrary church littles To a fool time brings only age not wisdom. Louis L'Amour fool age No one can get an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process. Louis L'Amour continuing process A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination. Louis L'Amour determination book ideas
