He was born in Denver, Colorado
. When his mother remarried, young Gene took his stepfather's name to become Gene Fowler. Fowler's career had a false start in taxidermy, which he later claimed permanently gave him a distaste for red meat. After a year at the University of Colorado
, he took a job with The Denver Post
. His assignments included an interview with frontiersman and Wild West Show promoter Buffalo Bill Cody
.
Sometimes I think it sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.
Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.
A book is never finished; it's abandoned.
The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
A man should love two cities, its own and San Francisco.