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> [“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was not later published. If you know what you are doing, eventually you will run into an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-seems-important-to-me-that-beginning-writers-ponder-this-that/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

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## More by Joseph Hansen

> [“Driving is so dangerous I haven't got the guts to do it sober.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/driving-is-so-dangerous-i-haven-t-got-the-guts-to-do-it-sober/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“I told myself all that's wrong with us is misunderstanding. That's not good, but it's not the worst. The worst is not having anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/i-told-myself-all-that-s-wrong-with-us-is-misunderstanding-that-s-not/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/something-had-offended-her-and-failed-to-apologize-not-lately-long/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“It happens to everyone and it happens fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-happens-to-everyone-and-it-happens-fast/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/don-t-forget-and-don-t-let-your-reader-forget-that-the-small-world-in/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/when-people-run-out-of-probable-things-to-do-they-do-improbable-things/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved dogs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/you-know-what-kind-of-a-man-lonny-tooker-is-the-kind-of-a-man-that/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“He put out a hand for Dave to shake. "You're the only new friend of Tom's I've met. And you're just what I expected."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/he-put-out-a-hand-for-dave-to-shake-you-re-the-only-new-friend-of-tom/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“People with limp handshakes are takers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/people-with-limp-handshakes-are-takers/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/the-man-who-acts-as-his-own-lawyer-has-a-fool-for-a-client/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“You're a little short on self-awareness. People who are always exacting right behaviour from other people tend to be that way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/you-re-a-little-short-on-self-awareness-people-who-are-always/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-seems-important-to-me-that-beginning-writers-ponder-this-that/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“Los Angeles didn't get like this often. He hated it when it did. And this time it was holding on. It had been brutal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/los-angeles-didn-t-get-like-this-often-he-hated-it-when-it-did-and/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“It's a four-letter word for a part of the human anatomy but it's not m-i-n-d.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-s-a-four-letter-word-for-a-part-of-the-human-anatomy-but-it-s-not/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

> [“And you never even reported it. You should have reported it. I could have took fingerprints. I'd love to lock up them skinheads." "What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/and-you-never-even-reported-it-you-should-have-reported-it-i-could/)

[Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/)

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