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> [When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch of would-be writers, who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/when-i-went-to-the-university-of-iowa-in-order-to-be-a-writer-i/)

[Joe Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-frank/)

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## More by Joe Frank

> [I considered people who didn't like my work to be in some way defective, deficient, lacking a sense of humor, and not understanding what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/i-considered-people-who-didn-t-like-my-work-to-be-in-some-way/)

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> [You develop a sensibility when you're a young child. Some people say your personality is formed in the first three, four years of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/you-develop-a-sensibility-when-you-re-a-young-child-some-people-say/)

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> [Stop at nothing to get the best work that you can get. Betray, violate, cause enormous harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/stop-at-nothing-to-get-the-best-work-that-you-can-get-betray-violate/)

[Joe Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-frank/)

> [Listen, you listen to the work and you decide whether you want to support it. But don't ask me why I'm doing it, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/listen-you-listen-to-the-work-and-you-decide-whether-you-want-to/)

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> [You've got to destroy a few lives on the way to where you want to get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/you-ve-got-to-destroy-a-few-lives-on-the-way-to-where-you-want-to-get/)

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> [When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/when-i-went-to-the-university-of-iowa-in-order-to-be-a-writer-i/)

[Joe Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-frank/)

> [Don't pull your love out on me baby.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/don-t-pull-your-love-out-on-me-baby/)

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> [It's about being in a race with time - just having a strong sense of mortality, and the idea of, How much time do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/it-s-about-being-in-a-race-with-time-just-having-a-strong-sense-of/)

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> [I found it extremely annoying when somebody would say something like "You seem to be influenced by Ken Nordine." And I didn't even know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/i-found-it-extremely-annoying-when-somebody-would-say-something-like/)

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> [If you took any of my radio shows and you took the music out of them, they wouldn't be remotely the same thing. Music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-frank/if-you-took-any-of-my-radio-shows-and-you-took-the-music-out-of-them/)

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