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> [As one of your writers said, 'There are three kinds of lies: a small lie, a big lie and politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-one-of-your-writers-said-there-are-three-kinds-of-lies-a-small-lie/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Writers, it is said, all carry a chip of ice in their hearts”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-houston/writers-it-is-said-all-carry-a-chip-of-ice-in-their-hearts/)

[Pam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-houston/)

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> [In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-klein/in-some-articles-written-about-me-writers-have-said-i-m-a-link/)

[Robert Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-klein/)

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> [Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/despite-all-the-cynical-things-writers-have-said-about-writing-for/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/erica-jong-445_cynical_despite-all-the-cynical-things-writers-h_226752.jpg)

> [There are two categories of writers, it could be said: The author who is just a voice, and the one who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/there-are-two-categories-of-writers-it-could-be-said-the-author-who/)

[Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/)

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> [Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-t-hall/sinclair-lewis-was-asked-one-time-to-give-a-talk-to-class-of-students/)

[Tom T. Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-t-hall/)

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> [Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/somebody-asked-somerset-maugham-about-his-place-in-the-pantheon-of/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [I texted one of the writers I said, 'I have this crazy idea, I think I have to play Fran Lebowitz on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bowen-yang/i-texted-one-of-the-writers-i-said-i-have-this-crazy-idea-i-think-i/)

[Bowen Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bowen-yang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/bowen-yang-10885_crazy_i-texted-one-of-the-writers-i-said-i-hav_2788001.jpg)

> [Ant & Dec have always nicked stuff off us. We met their writers, they said they just trawl our stuff and adapt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vic-reeves/ant-dec-have-always-nicked-stuff-off-us-we-met-their-writers-they/)

[Vic Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vic-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/vic-reeves-5081_adapt_ant-dec-have-always-nicked-stuff-off-us_1654330.png)

> [I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-like-what-i-do-some-writers-have-said-in-print-that-they-hated-2/)

[Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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> [“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/i-like-what-i-do-some-writers-have-said-in-print-that-they-hated/)

[Cormac Mccarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/)

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