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> [“Do not think us as traffic cops, or even driving instructors. Think of us instead as your onboard navigation system, available day or night, a friendly voice to turn to whenever you look up, lost and afraid, and think "How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/do-not-think-us-as-traffic-cops-or-even-driving-instructors-think-of/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

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## More by Howard Mittelmark

> [“Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/overuse-at-best-is-needless-clutter-at-worst-it-creates-the/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“Do not think us as traffic cops, or even driving instructors. Think of us instead as your onboard navigation system, available day or night,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/do-not-think-us-as-traffic-cops-or-even-driving-instructors-think-of/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half of a kitten. It is not half as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/giving-a-reader-a-sex-scene-that-is-only-half-right-is-like-giving/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“Alice in Lapland. Any undue interest in or physical contact with children will set off alarms. If you do not want your reader to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/alice-in-lapland-any-undue-interest-in-or-physical-contact-with/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“The male author unthinkingly creates a world in which every single member of society is male except—hey presto!—when the protagonist feels like getting laid.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/the-male-author-unthinkingly-creates-a-world-in-which-every-single/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“Authors often say that their novels are like their children, and you want your novel, just like your children, to reflect well on you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/authors-often-say-that-their-novels-are-like-their-children-and-you/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“And Jesus lived happily ever after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/and-jesus-lived-happily-ever-after/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“...This particular blunder is known as deus ex machina , which is French for "Are you fucking kidding me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/this-particular-blunder-is-known-as-deus-ex-machina-which-is-french/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“ The Puffer Fish: Wherein the author flaunts his vocabulary. His father was IRA and his mother was Quebecois, and they had reliquished their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/the-puffer-fish-wherein-the-author-flaunts-his-vocabulary-his-father/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to find himself turned into an enormous symbol.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/gregor-samsa-awoke-one-morning-to-find-himself-turned-into-an/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

> [“...This type of ending is a special instance of deus ex machina , known as the folie adieu , which is French for "Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mittelmark/this-type-of-ending-is-a-special-instance-of-deus-ex-machina-known-as/)

[Howard Mittelmark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mittelmark/)

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