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title: "6 Writing Crap Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Sure, okay, I'll pick up some cat litter. Anything else?" "Watch your back, G." Then she hung up. Hero paused in her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jody-gehrman/sure-okay-i-ll-pick-up-some-cat-litter-anything-else-watch-your-back/)

[Jody Gehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jody-gehrman/)

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> [I'm the kid in school who always, you know, got the straight A's. I got to be that, you know, alpha aggressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-black/i-m-the-kid-in-school-who-always-you-know-got-the-straight-a-s-i-got/)

[Shane Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/shane-black-7829_alpha_i-m-the-kid-in-school-who-always-you-kno_187022.png)

> [Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-cannon/writers-who-sit-down-and-write-might-judge-what-they-re-putting-down/)

[Kay Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-cannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/kay-cannon-21247_always_writers-who-sit-down-and-write-might-jud_1017358.jpg)

> [If you just sit there, and you're a writer, you're bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/if-you-just-sit-there-and-you-re-a-writer-you-re-bound-to-write-crap/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/jamaica-kincaid-1540_american-writer_if-you-just-sit-there-and-you-re-a-write_1079837.jpg)

> [It's immoral that people make money out of writing crap, but I try not to obsess about it. I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-mccartney/it-s-immoral-that-people-make-money-out-of-writing-crap-but-i-try-not/)

[Stella McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-mccartney/)

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> [Lazy reviewers look up other people's reviews and they write the same thing, so you get people writing crap based on crap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-mitchell/lazy-reviewers-look-up-other-people-s-reviews-and-they-write-the-same/)

[Joni Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/joni-mitchell-1160_crap_lazy-reviewers-look-up-other-people-s-re_3187136.png)

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