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> [“You have reached the home and workplace of Roberto Natchez. I do not often take calls. I make no promise to return them. I have much to do. You may leave a message if you wish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/you-have-reached-the-home-and-workplace-of-roberto-natchez-i-do-not/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

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## More by Laurence Shames

> [I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/i-never-intended-to-be-a-journalist-frankly-i-don-t-think-i-ever-was/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [“You have reached the home and workplace of Roberto Natchez. I do not often take calls. I make no promise to return them. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/you-have-reached-the-home-and-workplace-of-roberto-natchez-i-do-not/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the best, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/all-of-us-ambitious-young-writers-hoped-to-have-a-cover-story-in/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [I loved seeing my name in print, I loved seeing my words in print. I felt really privileged to be in the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/i-loved-seeing-my-name-in-print-i-loved-seeing-my-words-in-print-i/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [When it became clear that Lennon was not going to speak with me, it really became a how-I-didn't-get-the-story story. It was a caper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/when-it-became-clear-that-lennon-was-not-going-to-speak-with-me-it/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/i-ve-never-written-a-hard-journalism-piece-in-my-life-i-ve-never/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [To write an article about someone and then to have that person murdered is disturbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/to-write-an-article-about-someone-and-then-to-have-that-person/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [“One of the things Key West teaches is that disappointment and contentment can go together more easily than you would probably imagine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/one-of-the-things-key-west-teaches-is-that-disappointment-and/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [Success and failure, we think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions- the hero and sidekick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/success-and-failure-we-think-of-them-as-opposites-but-they-re-really/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/why-are-we-inspired-by-another-person-s-courage-maybe-because-it/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [“An old man's errors mattered both more and less than a young man's. More because there was less time to undo them; less because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/an-old-man-s-errors-mattered-both-more-and-less-than-a-young-man-s/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [“He would be the kind of friend he wished he had, and so perhaps become worthy of having such a friend himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/he-would-be-the-kind-of-friend-he-wished-he-had-and-so-perhaps-become/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

> [I listen to the Beatles all the time - in my car, at the gym. The Beatles are still part of my life. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-shames/i-listen-to-the-beatles-all-the-time-in-my-car-at-the-gym-the-beatles/)

[Laurence Shames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-shames/)

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