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> [It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/it-was-more-exciting-to-get-that-first-book-published-i-think/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

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## More by Robert McCloskey

> [I lived with them in my studio in New York. And of course if I were doing that book today or even ten years,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/i-lived-with-them-in-my-studio-in-new-york-and-of-course-if-i-were/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

> [That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/that-was-the-it-was-an-exciting-time-because-it-was-as-though-i-was/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

> [It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/it-was-more-exciting-to-get-that-first-book-published-i-think/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

> [Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/because-its-hard-to-realize-now-that-that-was-the-end-of-the-great/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

> [I get a lot of letters. Not only from children but from adults, too. Almost every week, every month, clippings come in from some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mccloskey/i-get-a-lot-of-letters-not-only-from-children-but-from-adults-too/)

[Robert McCloskey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mccloskey/)

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