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title: "1 Lie Telling Quotes By David Milch"
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> [The biggest lie is the idea that we are entitled to a meaningful and coherent summarizing, a conclusion, of something which never concludes. In that regard, this is the lie I'm telling myself so I don't set fire to anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/the-biggest-lie-is-the-idea-that-we-are-entitled-to-a-meaningful-and/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

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## More by David Milch

> [What constitutes - where are we when we sleep? What is our sense of reality at that moment? It's, you know, science now suggests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/what-constitutes-where-are-we-when-we-sleep-what-is-our-sense-of/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [When I was a kid, my dad used to take me out to the race track, and so many formative experiences have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/when-i-was-a-kid-my-dad-used-to-take-me-out-to-the-race-track-and-so/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [There is not an amount of money that a writer can earn that I can't blow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/there-is-not-an-amount-of-money-that-a-writer-can-earn-that-i-can-t/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [When I was growing up, it was not the heyday of the western.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/when-i-was-growing-up-it-was-not-the-heyday-of-the-western/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [And if God were trying to reach out to us, and teach us something about the deepest nature of matter, he might use some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/and-if-god-were-trying-to-reach-out-to-us-and-teach-us-something/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [I am kind of an undecipherable commodity to a lot of people, including myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-am-kind-of-an-undecipherable-commodity-to-a-lot-of-people-including/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [What cops are hired to do is to control people who will not abide by the social contract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/what-cops-are-hired-to-do-is-to-control-people-who-will-not-abide-by/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/with-nostromo-joseph-conrad-said-that-he-had-wanted-to-write-a-novel/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [Apes beat their chests so they don't have to fight 24 hours a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/apes-beat-their-chests-so-they-don-t-have-to-fight-24-hours-a-day/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [Even having all the time in the world, it's better to collaborate with your brothers and sisters. It's ultimately the richest experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/even-having-all-the-time-in-the-world-it-s-better-to-collaborate-with/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [The truth is I try to show up each day available to do the work that God or whatever it is that's making, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/the-truth-is-i-try-to-show-up-each-day-available-to-do-the-work-that/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [Faulkner speaks to us on the questions of race, the challenges of modernity, and modern man's dilemma in all of its aspects. That he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/faulkner-speaks-to-us-on-the-questions-of-race-the-challenges-of/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [I had proposed to HBO a series about the city cops in Rome at the time of Nero. What had interested me was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the-city-cops-in-rome-at-the/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/never-believe-anything-you-think-about-yourself-as-a-writer-when-you/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

> [I've been beaten. I know what that's like. They say, 'Who has been a nail can learn to be a hammer.' So I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-ve-been-beaten-i-know-what-that-s-like-they-say-who-has-been-a-nail/)

[David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/)

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