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> [When I'm working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It's the best legal dope in the world. It makes you feel good until the next morning you can work again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/when-i-m-working-on-a-serious-and-solid-book-i-read-about-a-detective/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

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## More by Mary Lee Settle

> [Having watched herself in the speckled mirror ... she was already shocked beyond surprise at what the flat hand of age could do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/having-watched-herself-in-the-speckled-mirror-she-was-already-shocked/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [Anyone who has a choice and doesn't choose to write is a fool. The work is hard, the perks are few, the pay is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/anyone-who-has-a-choice-and-doesn-t-choose-to-write-is-a-fool-the/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [When I'm working on a serious and solid book ... I read about a detective novel a day. It's the best legal dope in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/when-i-m-working-on-a-serious-and-solid-book-i-read-about-a-detective/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [Somerset Maugham said that it took at least six human beings to make one fictional character. That is true of landscape as well, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/somerset-maugham-said-that-it-took-at-least-six-human-beings-to-make/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [Recorded history is wrong. It’s wrong because the voiceless have no voice in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/recorded-history-is-wrong-it-s-wrong-because-the-voiceless-have-no/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [ \[The inspiration that comes to authors of fiction\] is not an act of intelligence. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/the-inspiration-that-comes-to-authors-of-fiction-is-not-an-act-of/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [the first time you are reconciled to the terrible unfairness of disappointment, you are getting old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/the-first-time-you-are-reconciled-to-the-terrible-unfairness-of/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

> [Don't people know that it's the hardest work in the world? Joseph Conrad said that he had loaded hundredweights of coal all day long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lee-settle/don-t-people-know-that-it-s-the-hardest-work-in-the-world-joseph/)

[Mary Lee Settle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-lee-settle/)

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