Writer Quotes by Russell Smith

9 Writer quotes by Russell Smith

Smith’s blend of humor and keen observation appears in these nine compact quotes, offering a quick taste of his approach to the writer’s life.

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I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way.

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If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.

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Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second…

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The novel is just fine: It's novelists who aren't doing so well.

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I have never, ever, not once, met a writer who said he or she would never read a mystery or a story…

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Personally, I see little distinction between an artistic mentality and criminality. You couldn't possibly create a compelling story without some wickedness or…

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The only thing that makes a book YA is that it is about teenagers, and it is written in a very conventional,…

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What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are…

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Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it…

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I would rather be nuts than unattractive.

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Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.

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Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in…

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What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.

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I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over…

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Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.

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There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We…

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One of the qualities essential to writing exciting stories, whether for page or screen, is an ability to abandon one's morality. We simply cannot…

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