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> [Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I'm in New York half the time and Texas half the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/life-throws-up-enough-road-blocks-to-keep-you-from-writing-you-can-t/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

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## More by Philipp Meyer

> [Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/your-job-as-a-writer-is-to-find-storylines-narrative-structures-and/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/after-i-finished-college-i-got-a-job-on-wall-street-as-a-derivatives/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“but I rarely did anything I didn't feel like doing, and maybe this was the main difference between the whites and the Comanches, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/but-i-rarely-did-anything-i-didn-t-feel-like-doing-and-maybe-this-was/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/when-novels-deal-in-abstractions-they-generally-go-off-the-rails/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“resacas have all gone dry. The entire earth, it seems, is being slowly transformed into”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/resacas-have-all-gone-dry-the-entire-earth-it-seems-is-being-slowly/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [I just assume that I'll fail at something for several years - that I'll try my hardest and still fail for several years. With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/i-just-assume-that-i-ll-fail-at-something-for-several-years-that-i-ll/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“They all want to be rich, same as we do, but they do not admit to themselves that you only get rich by taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/they-all-want-to-be-rich-same-as-we-do-but-they-do-not-admit-to/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“The strong took from the weak, only the weak believed otherwise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/the-strong-took-from-the-weak-only-the-weak-believed-otherwise/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“Of course you wanted your children to have it better than you had. But at what point was it not better at all?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/of-course-you-wanted-your-children-to-have-it-better-than-you-had-but/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“I might be killed any day, by whites or hostile Indians, I might be run down by a grizzly or a pack of buffalo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/i-might-be-killed-any-day-by-whites-or-hostile-indians-i-might-be-run/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“You could not measure yourself against the dead, they retained their perfection while your flesh got weaker and weaker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/you-could-not-measure-yourself-against-the-dead-they-retained-their/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“I have always found it interesting that white children take so quickly to Indian ways, while Indian children, when brought to be raised in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/i-have-always-found-it-interesting-that-white-children-take-so/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/life-throws-up-enough-road-blocks-to-keep-you-from-writing-you-can-t/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [“There had been a time when this was not unusual. A time when the wealthy were exemplars. When you held yourself to a higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/there-had-been-a-time-when-this-was-not-unusual-a-time-when-the/)

[Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/)

> [You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/you-ought-to-be-able-to-grow-up-in-a-place-and-not-have-to-get-the/)

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