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title: "4 Scott B. Smith Quotes"
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# Scott B. Smith

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Scott Bechtel Smith is an American author and screenwriter. He has written two novels, A Simple Plan (1993) and The Ruins (2006). Both were adapted into films – A Simple Plan (1998) and The Ruins (2008), respectively – based on Smith's own screenplays. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Sib

##  Quotes by Scott B. Smith

> [“Stacy wasn't certain; she'd never bothered to pay attention to details like that, and was always regretting it, the half knowing, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-b-smith/stacy-wasn-t-certain-she-d-never-bothered-to-pay-attention-to-details/)

[Scott B. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-b-smith/)

[Attention to detail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention-to-detail/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/scott-b-smith-69042_attention-to-detail_stacy-wasn-t-certain-she-d-never-bothere_1865161.jpg)

> [“Recalls The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the better work of Jim Thompson (The Grifters; After Dark, My Sweet) and Thomas Berger’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-b-smith/recalls-the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-the-better-work-of-jim/)

[Scott B. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-b-smith/)

[Storytelling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/storytelling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bca/scott-b-smith-69042_storytelling_recalls-the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre_2269063.jpg)

> [“By doing one wrong thing, I thought I could make everything right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-b-smith/by-doing-one-wrong-thing-i-thought-i-could-make-everything-right/)

[Scott B. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-b-smith/)

[Noir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/noir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/scott-b-smith-69042_noir_by-doing-one-wrong-thing-i-thought-i-cou_2329505.jpg)

> [“I didn't feel evil. I felt nervous, scared, nothing more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-b-smith/i-didn-t-feel-evil-i-felt-nervous-scared-nothing-more/)

[Scott B. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-b-smith/)

[Nervous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nervous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/scott-b-smith-69042_nervous_i-didn-t-feel-evil-i-felt-nervous-scared_2330679.jpg)

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