Once He Became A Series Character, I Made The Conscious Choice That He Would Never Act Like A Series Character, Never Wink At The Reader, Never Pull His Punches. Better For Him, Better For Me. - SearchQuotes

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Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.

Donald E Westlake

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