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> [The one thing I've always done as an author is talk to my publicists. Because they have all the best stories - and they have all the dirt on other, more famous and important writers. They're not supposed to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-coady/the-one-thing-i-ve-always-done-as-an-author-is-talk-to-my-publicists/)

[Lynn Coady](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-coady/)

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> [To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/to-expect-an-author-to-talk-as-he-writes-is-ridiculous-or-even-if-he/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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