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> [Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get whatever the popular thing at the time was. I don't know, something like Bret Easton Ellis. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/sometimes-i-would-take-nietzsche-or-something-and-i-wouldn-t-read-it/)

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## More by John Brandon

> [“I'm not a gentleman,' Toby said. 'I don't think I've ever even seen a gentleman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-m-not-a-gentleman-toby-said-i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-even-seen-a/)

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> [ “\[he\] had learned how to force his mood, to keep himself in the middle ground, neither manic nor hopeless. He seemed a bit lighter… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/he-had-learned-how-to-force-his-mood-to-keep-himself-in-the-middle/)

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> [It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/it-didn-t-occur-to-me-that-i-could-be-a-writer-until-college-i-saw/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [“He planned for his son or daughter to have three or four toys, minimal sports equipment, and a thousand books. He didn't care for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/he-planned-for-his-son-or-daughter-to-have-three-or-four-toys-minimal/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [“Mr. Hibna had been misguided in trying to take the drastic alteration of his life into his own hands. As usual, the world was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/mr-hibna-had-been-misguided-in-trying-to-take-the-drastic-alteration/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [I don't think about the reader in any conscious way that impacts the writing, as far as, Hey, most readers would like this! But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-don-t-think-about-the-reader-in-any-conscious-way-that-impacts-the/)

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> [I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-was-playing-sports-all-the-time-growing-up-and-then-somewhere/)

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> [I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-had-an-idea-to-write-something-set-back-around-the-civil-war-era/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [“I've been asleep at the wheel of the American dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-ve-been-asleep-at-the-wheel-of-the-american-dream/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [“Why do people keep doing stuff?" he said, talking to himself it seemed. Swin hesitated. "Wiping counters down and taking pictures. Cheating. Defending things."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/why-do-people-keep-doing-stuff-he-said-talking-to-himself-it-seemed/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [I know people who are really talented at writing, and they just don't ever make it happen because they're also good at other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/i-know-people-who-are-really-talented-at-writing-and-they-just-don-t/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [“Mr Hibma was sick of skinny, smelly, hormone-dazed kids staring at him and lying to him and asking him questions. He was sick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/mr-hibma-was-sick-of-skinny-smelly-hormone-dazed-kids-staring-at-him/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/the-first-time-i-took-a-fiction-writing-class-was-sophomore-year-and/)

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> [“Anybody can justify anything. It's what separates us from animals. It's a waste of time, though, isn't it-sitting around justifying when there's so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/anybody-can-justify-anything-it-s-what-separates-us-from-animals-it-s/)

[John Brandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brandon/)

> [Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get whatever the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brandon/sometimes-i-would-take-nietzsche-or-something-and-i-wouldn-t-read-it/)

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