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> [I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration through movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/i-couldn-t-sit-down-and-write-a-novel-or-a-short-story-even-now/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

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> [I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/i-was-dyslexic-before-anybody-knew-what-dyslexia-was-i-was-called/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

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## More by Robert Benton

> [Style tells you a lot more about the truth than substance, because it comes at the truth in an oblique way, it comes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/style-tells-you-a-lot-more-about-the-truth-than-substance-because-it/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [I couldn't sit down and write a novel or a short story - even now - because of my dyslexia. But I learned narration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/i-couldn-t-sit-down-and-write-a-novel-or-a-short-story-even-now/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [I was dyslexic as a child and it took me years to get passed that. I read a lot but it was hard and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/i-was-dyslexic-as-a-child-and-it-took-me-years-to-get-passed-that-i/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [Style lasts forever and taste doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/style-lasts-forever-and-taste-doesn-t/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [My education was an education by movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/my-education-was-an-education-by-movies/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [All my life I've felt like somebody's wife, or somebody's mother or somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together, I never knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/all-my-life-i-ve-felt-like-somebody-s-wife-or-somebody-s-mother-or/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [The thing I loved the most about being art director was picking the photographers and working with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/the-thing-i-loved-the-most-about-being-art-director-was-picking-the/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [Twilight is about getting older and relationships - not about a murder mystery. It's about love when you reach a certain age; nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/twilight-is-about-getting-older-and-relationships-not-about-a-murder/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [Movie narration in the forties was radically different than the narrative involved in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/movie-narration-in-the-forties-was-radically-different-than-the/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/new-york-was-big-enough-and-wide-enough-that-it-allowed-for/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [There was a kind of cultural life in New York that wasn't as solidified as it is now, it wasn't as money-driven. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/there-was-a-kind-of-cultural-life-in-new-york-that-wasn-t-as/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [Sometimes other people have better ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/sometimes-other-people-have-better-ideas/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/i-d-like-to-know-what-law-is-it-that-says-that-a-woman-is-a-better/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [Although I had a few jobs that I didn't like, or quit, or got fired from, I really loved New York from the moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/although-i-had-a-few-jobs-that-i-didn-t-like-or-quit-or-got-fired/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

> [In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benton/in-america-people-rarely-stay-in-the-town-where-they-grew-up-rarely/)

[Robert Benton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benton/)

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