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title: "5 Hollywood Writer Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/that-s-one-thing-i-like-about-hollywood-the-writer-is-there-revealed/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

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> [We joke a lot about how, in Hollywood, the writer is one step below the doormat. That's not self-loathing. That's true!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ben-garant/we-joke-a-lot-about-how-in-hollywood-the-writer-is-one-step-below-the/)

[Robert Ben Garant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ben-garant/)

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> [The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hecht/the-honors-hollywood-has-for-the-writer-are-as-dubious-as-tissue/)

[Ben Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hecht/)

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> [It was 1996 and I was at a crossroads in my career. I had been working in Hollywood as a writer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/it-was-1996-and-i-was-at-a-crossroads-in-my-career-i-had-been-working/)

[Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/robert-greene-498_book_it-was-1996-and-i-was-at-a-crossroads-in_1793663.png)

> [I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hecht/i-m-a-hollywood-writer-so-i-put-on-my-sports-jacket-and-take-off-my/)

[Ben Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hecht/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/ben-hecht-8979_brain_i-m-a-hollywood-writer-so-i-put-on-my-sp_3155988.png)

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