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title: "3 Novelist Wrote Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-child/so-how-to-stay-inside-the-world-of-entertainment-without-actually/)

[Lee Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-child/)

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> [I'm a novelist first, and I wrote a bunch of books, and everything I write, I just find people are more interesting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-tropper/i-m-a-novelist-first-and-i-wrote-a-bunch-of-books-and-everything-i/)

[Jonathan Tropper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-tropper/)

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> [“You could use a moth like that as a symbol in a novel, but it was trite, wasn’t it? The old moth-to-the-flame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-l-barkat/you-could-use-a-moth-like-that-as-a-symbol-in-a-novel-but-it-was/)

[L.L. Barkat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-l-barkat/)

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