Erle Stanley Gardner

“The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.”

“I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.”

“After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.”

“Then I’ll have more fun searching in vain then marrying one of the wrong sort.”