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> [There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/there-s-one-good-kind-of-writer-a-dead-one/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

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## More by James T. Farrell

> [“He was sad because he had grown up, and because the years passed like a river that no man could stop.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-was-sad-because-he-had-grown-up-and-because-the-years-passed-like/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [There's one good kind of writer - a dead one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/there-s-one-good-kind-of-writer-a-dead-one/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [Fitzgerald describes the social disillusionments and ballroom romanticism of the young people of the upper classes and the loneliness of Gatsby, who gives large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/fitzgerald-describes-the-social-disillusionments-and-ballroom/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“All his life he had wished and waited, and there had been no change, except for the worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/all-his-life-he-had-wished-and-waited-and-there-had-been-no-change/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [If you let conditions stop you from working, they'll always stop you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/if-you-let-conditions-stop-you-from-working-they-ll-always-stop-you/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“He was still where he had always been. Just hoping.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-was-still-where-he-had-always-been-just-hoping/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“He thought of how when you went out and listened to what people said, you heard all kinds of things, people washing their dirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-thought-of-how-when-you-went-out-and-listened-to-what-people-said/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“His face was a gaze of primal obtuseness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/his-face-was-a-gaze-of-primal-obtuseness/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/america-is-so-vast-that-almost-everything-said-about-it-is-likely-to/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“He had come to America, haven of peace and liberty, and it, too, was joining the slaughter, fighting for the big capitalists. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-had-come-to-america-haven-of-peace-and-liberty-and-it-too-was/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/neither-man-nor-god-is-going-to-tell-me-what-to-write/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“He had a picture in his mind of Studs Lonigan courageously telling life and the world to stick itself up it's old tomato.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/he-had-a-picture-in-his-mind-of-studs-lonigan-courageously-telling/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“They served the rich, and tried to think that they were rich.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/they-served-the-rich-and-tried-to-think-that-they-were-rich/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [Life was hard on mothers; but then, they just didn't understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/life-was-hard-on-mothers-but-then-they-just-didn-t-understand/)

[James T. Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-farrell/)

> [“So long, Lee. Give our regards to the Kaiser. And tell him there's a few boys on 58th Street who'll throw a party for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-farrell/so-long-lee-give-our-regards-to-the-kaiser-and-tell-him-there-s-a-few/)

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