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> [I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/i-think-shakespeare-got-drunk-after-he-finished-king-lear-that-he-had/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

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## More by Louis Auchincloss

> [The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/the-only-thing-that-keeps-a-man-going-is-energy-and-what-is-energy/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/perfection-irritates-as-well-as-it-attracts-in-fiction-as-in-life/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [“But Pierre had been born with a shrewdness that made him early aware that a failure to believe that human events were ordered by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/but-pierre-had-been-born-with-a-shrewdness-that-made-him-early-aware/)

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> [I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/i-had-always-been-considered-such-a-nonentity-where-human-relations/)

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> [Your literary style reflects your personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/your-literary-style-reflects-your-personality/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [Buechner is a worthy member of the great prose stylists: Pascal, Newman, and Merton, who have harnessed their art to a passionate religious faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/buechner-is-a-worthy-member-of-the-great-prose-stylists-pascal-newman/)

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> [There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/there-is-a-charm-even-for-homely-things-in-perfect-maintenance/)

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> [A lot of writers ... sit in a log cabin by the lake and put their feet up by the fire in the silence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/a-lot-of-writers-sit-in-a-log-cabin-by-the-lake-and-put-their-feet-up/)

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> [I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/i-used-to-go-to-church-i-even-went-through-a-rather-intense-religious/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [Today is not forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/today-is-not-forever/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [It seems to me that the arts are rather flourishing. There's an awful lot of bad art about because of this, but that's true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/it-seems-to-me-that-the-arts-are-rather-flourishing-there-s-an-awful/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [ I don't particularly care about having \[my characters\] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/i-don-t-particularly-care-about-having-my-characters-talk/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/decent-artists-go-through-bad-times-but-eventually-they-do-get/)

[Louis Auchincloss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-auchincloss/)

> [Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/novels-must-have-verisimilitude-and-truth-has-little-enough-of-that/)

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> [As the classes in modern life come together, we have become much more intensely class conscious. It's a very curious thing. But I deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-auchincloss/as-the-classes-in-modern-life-come-together-we-have-become-much-more/)

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