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> [I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/i-want-to-be-a-popular-novelist-who-s-also-serious-or-a-serious/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

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## More by Douglas Kennedy

> [If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/if-there-is-an-abiding-theme-in-the-pursuit-of-happiness-it-is-the/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/we-can-rarely-tell-others-what-we-really-think-about-them-not-just/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“... we seemed to possess a similar worldview: slightly jaded, fiercely independent ... ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/we-seemed-to-possess-a-similar-worldview-slightly-jaded-fiercely/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“Another curious thing about the slow progression out of depression: you begin to crave routine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/another-curious-thing-about-the-slow-progression-out-of-depression/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/tragedy-is-one-of-the-larger-prices-we-pay-for-being-alive-no-one/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/we-don-t-like-admitting-this-but-it-is-a-key-component-of-human/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [Because there is no meaning to be found in the arbitrary nature of things., It's all random. Just as space is blue. And birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/because-there-is-no-meaning-to-be-found-in-the-arbitrary-nature-of/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [Crying is self-pity and self-pity gets you no where](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/crying-is-self-pity-and-self-pity-gets-you-no-where/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“ We're all so preposterous, aren't we. Holding onto our traumas, our agonies, our small dramas and using them to sabotage that which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/we-re-all-so-preposterous-aren-t-we-holding-onto-our-traumas-our/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/all-our-stories-are-simultaneously-unique-and-desperately-similar/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“The lure of safety drags us into lives we'd prefer to dodge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/the-lure-of-safety-drags-us-into-lives-we-d-prefer-to-dodge/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“Wie bald 'nicht jetz' 'nie' wird. How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/wie-bald-nicht-jetz-nie-wird-how-soon-not-now-becomes-never/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [The decision to write full time was made when I was twenty-eight years old and had just had two small plays accepted for BBC…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/the-decision-to-write-full-time-was-made-when-i-was-twenty-eight/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“Money. The trickiest substance in life--as it's the way we keep score, measure our worth, and think we can control our destinies. Money: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/money-the-trickiest-substance-in-life-as-it-s-the-way-we-keep-score/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

> [“... the perennial outsider with his nose to the window, looking in on a world from which he felt excluded.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-kennedy/the-perennial-outsider-with-his-nose-to-the-window-looking-in-on-a/)

[Douglas Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-kennedy/)

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