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title: "2 Writing Freelance Quotes by 1 author"
description: "Browse 2 Writing Freelance quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Writing Freelance sayings and thoughts."
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> [I went back to bumming around New York, writing freelance stuff for Car & Driver and such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/i-went-back-to-bumming-around-new-york-writing-freelance-stuff-for/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/p-j-o-rourke-184_car_i-went-back-to-bumming-around-new-york-w_61280.png)

> [The Lampoon started in 1970, and I began writing freelance for them around the end of 1971, and then all through '72. They hired me in '73, and I left early in '81. I did everything from low puns to being editor-in-chief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-lampoon-started-in-1970-and-i-began-writing-freelance-for-them/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/p-j-o-rourke-184_chiefs_the-lampoon-started-in-1970-and-i-began_304430.png)

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