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title: "2 Horace McCoy Quotes - Famous Screenwriter (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)"
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# Horace McCoy

(1897–1955)   Screenwriter   United States

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Horace McCoy was a screenwriter from the United States, best known for *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?*.

## Quick Facts About Horace McCoy

Born April 14, 1897

Died December 15, 1955

Nationality United States

Profession Screenwriter

Notable works They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

## About Horace McCoy

Horace Stanley McCoy was an American writer whose mostly hardboiled stories took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death.

##  Quotes by Horace McCoy

> [Let's go sit and hate a bunch of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-mccoy/let-s-go-sit-and-hate-a-bunch-of-people/)

[Horace McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-mccoy/)

[Bunch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bunch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/horace-mccoy-85517_bunch_let-s-go-sit-and-hate-a-bunch-of-people_1295703.png)

> [“there is no new experience in life. something may happen to you that you think has never happened before, that you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-mccoy/there-is-no-new-experience-in-life-something-may-happen-to-you-that/)

[Horace McCoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-mccoy/)

[Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/)

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