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title: "3 Novel Bunch Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/i-think-a-good-novel-would-be-where-a-bunch-of-men-on-a-ship-are/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

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> [“I tell writers not to think about writing short stories or novels. Just write one good scene. And then a novel becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-hill/i-tell-writers-not-to-think-about-writing-short-stories-or-novels/)

[Joe Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/joe-hill-1162_books_i-tell-writers-not-to-think-about-writin_2000815.png)

> [I once owned a collection of 77 novels that won the Pulitzer. The only good novel of the bunch was The Grapes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-mcmurtry/i-once-owned-a-collection-of-77-novels-that-won-the-pulitzer-the-only/)

[Larry McMurtry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-mcmurtry/)

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