Donald E. Westlake Quote
Dortmunder had helped by expressing doubts. If the Puerto Ricans all come here, he’d said, for instance, how come it’s such a hot idea for us to go there? Another time, he’d expressed the opinion that airplanes were too heavy to fly, and a little later he’d pointed out he didn’t have a passport. You don’t need a passport, May told him. Puerto Rico’s part of the US. He stared at her. The hell it is. But it turned out she was right about that; Puerto Rico wasn’t exactly a state, but it was something in the United States of America—maybe it was of.
Donald E. Westlake
Dortmunder had helped by expressing doubts. If the Puerto Ricans all come here, he’d said, for instance, how come it’s such a hot idea for us to go there? Another time, he’d expressed the opinion that airplanes were too heavy to fly, and a little later he’d pointed out he didn’t have a passport. You don’t need a passport, May told him. Puerto Rico’s part of the US. He stared at her. The hell it is. But it turned out she was right about that; Puerto Rico wasn’t exactly a state, but it was something in the United States of America—maybe it was of.
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About Donald E. Westlake
He was a three-time Edgar Award winner and, alongside Joe Gores and William L. DeAndrea, was one of few writers to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society.