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> [The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you will get the whole story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/the-characters-are-telling-you-the-story-i-m-not-telling-you-the/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

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## More by George V. Higgins

> [“This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/this-life-s-hard-but-it-s-harder-if-you-re-stupid/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/egotism-the-art-of-seeing-in-yourself-what-others-cannot-see/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [You cannot write well without data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/you-cannot-write-well-without-data/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/show-the-reader-what-the-character-thinks-about-and-then-the-reader/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the sooner you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/nobody-ever-got-started-on-a-career-as-a-writer-by-exercising-good/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [“The customary blizzard of pigeons wheeled briefly across the walk and settled back around an old lady who fed them from a large, wrinkled,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/the-customary-blizzard-of-pigeons-wheeled-briefly-across-the-walk-and/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Life is hard but being stupid makes it harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/life-is-hard-but-being-stupid-makes-it-harder/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/what-you-lose-on-the-swings-you-make-up-on-the-merry-go-round/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [“Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the sooner you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/nobody-ever-got-started-on-a-career-as-a-writer-by-exercising-good-2/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Rental formal wear of the sky-blue, brocade and shiny varieties is favored by upwardly mobile young gangsters drafted as groomsmen for weddings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/rental-formal-wear-of-the-sky-blue-brocade-and-shiny-varieties-is/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [The characters are telling you the story. I’m not telling you the story, they’re going to do it. If I do it right, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/the-characters-are-telling-you-the-story-i-m-not-telling-you-the/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell, up here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/the-red-sox-are-a-religion-every-year-we-re-enact-the-agony-and-the/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/politics-is-a-choice-of-enemas-you-re-gonna-get-it-up-the-ass-no/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/the-seductiveness-of-baseball-is-that-almost-everyone-with-an-abiding/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

> [A cop told me, a long time ago, that there’s no substitute for knowing what you’re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-v-higgins/a-cop-told-me-a-long-time-ago-that-there-s-no-substitute-for-knowing/)

[George V. Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-v-higgins/)

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