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> [“Redwing had read somewhere that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best training for a novelist. He had said “an unhappy childhood.” Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he wondered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-benford/redwing-had-read-somewhere-that-one-of-his-favourite-writers-ernest/)

[Gregory Benford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-benford/)

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> [Teaching high school was my real training as a novelist: it got me out of my head, and (at least a little) out of books, and invested me in the lives of others and the world around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-greenwell/teaching-high-school-was-my-real-training-as-a-novelist-it-got-me-out/)

[Garth Greenwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-greenwell/)

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