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“Any man who undertakes to write a play is either a damn fool or a hero, I don't know which. When you write a book, you pull it out of the typewriter and that's that. When you write a play you've got to go on with the producer and the director and the actors and the rehearsals and the …”

Life, "Author Rex Stout vs. the F.B.I."

“Every book takes me from 35 to 41 days to write. I don't know why that is. I've tried to get it down to 30 or 31, depending on the length of the month, but it won't work. I don't drink while I'm writing because it fuddles my logical processes, but when I finish a book I go down to the kitchen and pour myself a big belt.”

Life, "Author Rex Stout vs. the F.B.I."

“The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.”

Rex Stout, who published two titles — The Nero Wolfe Cookbook and Please Pass the Guilt — in his 86th year
Publishers Weekly

“I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of my books into a foreign language. Have you ever seen a murder story printed in Singhalese? Wow!”

Life, "Author Rex Stout vs. the F.B.I."

“There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories.”

Rex Stout, page 3
Royal Decree: Conversations with Rex Stout