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> [Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/anything-that-encourages-a-boy-to-open-a-book-in-a-world-of-more/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

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> [Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or some fascination with the disgusting. Being good is a hindrance to a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/personally-i-see-little-distinction-between-an-artistic-mentality-and/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

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## Other authors on Compelling

## More by Russell Smith

> [If you tell your husband or boyfriend for his whole life that he needn't worry about his clothes, that he couldn't possibly understand them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/if-you-tell-your-husband-or-boyfriend-for-his-whole-life-that-he/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/canadian-writers-don-t-live-in-gated-mansions-you-can-just-talk-to/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/i-was-given-a-thick-paperback-copy-of-the-guinness-book-of-records/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [I would rather be nuts than unattractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/i-would-rather-be-nuts-than-unattractive/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts about you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/what-i-would-love-to-see-is-art-that-explicitly-addresses-not/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no yoga-achievement badges,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/indeed-the-whole-point-of-the-man-bun-i-have-surmised-is-to-assert-a/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/anything-that-encourages-a-boy-to-open-a-book-in-a-world-of-more/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/verisimilitude-is-something-i-am-constantly-seeking-in-fiction-i-am/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/increasingly-to-dismiss-any-popular-artistic-style-is-seen-as-the/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/what-i-don-t-understand-is-why-men-have-decided-that-they-like/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/i-am-indeed-completely-nuts-but-that-doesn-t-mean-i-don-t-care-about/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/everyone-likes-to-hear-that-their-eccentricities-and-their-addictions/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/there-is-actually-no-such-thing-as-an-artist-type-artist-is-just-an/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/one-of-the-qualities-essential-to-writing-exciting-stories-whether/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

> [I have never, ever, not once, met a writer who said he or she would never read a mystery or a story set in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-smith/i-have-never-ever-not-once-met-a-writer-who-said-he-or-she-would/)

[Russell Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-smith/)

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