Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour
Louis Dearborn L'Amourwas an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels; however, he also wrote historical fiction, science fiction, non-fiction, as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his stories were made into film. L'Amour's books remain popular and most have gone through multiple printings. At the time of his death almost all of his 105 existing workswere still in print, and he was considered "one of the world's most popular writers"...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 March 1908
CityJamestown, ND
He who plants a tree is a servant of God.
But even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night.
If you write a book set in the past about something that happened east of the Mississippi, it's a 'historical novel.' If you write about something that took place west of the Mississippi, it's a 'Western'- and somehow regarded as a lesser work. I write historical novels about the frontier.
There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles
...trail dust is thicker'n blood....
Living a life is much like climbing mountains-the summits are always further off than you think, but when a man has a goal, he always feels he's working toward something.
A man in his life may have many teachers, some most unexpected. The question lies with the man himself: Will he learn from them?
What is today accepted as truth will tomorrow prove to be only amusing.
For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.
The wind was cold off the mountains and I was a naked man with enemies behind me, and nothing before me but hope.
What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.
Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.
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.
Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.