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# Tim Downs

(1954)   Novelist

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Tim Downs is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Tim Downs

Born January 1, 1954

Profession Novelist

## About Tim Downs

American writer... \| Tim Downs is an American comic artist and author best known for his Downstown comic strip and the Bug Man series of Christian mystery novels.

##  Quotes by Tim Downs

> [“It's true what they say, you know: if you talk to God, you're religious; but if you hear from God, yor're schizophrenic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-downs/it-s-true-what-they-say-you-know-if-you-talk-to-god-you-re-religious/)

[Tim Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-downs/)

[Schizophrenic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/schizophrenic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/tim-downs-81049_talk-to-god_it-s-true-what-they-say-you-know-if-you_1171143.jpg)

> [“The early fly gets the cadaver”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-downs/the-early-fly-gets-the-cadaver/)

[Tim Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-downs/)

[Cadaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cadaver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/tim-downs-81049_cadaver_the-early-fly-gets-the-cadaver-1731493_1731493.jpg)

> [“Pete had always been a compulsive organizer, but the man himself was so sociable and friendly that he could seem absentminded at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-downs/pete-had-always-been-a-compulsive-organizer-but-the-man-himself-was/)

[Tim Downs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-downs/)

[Nick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a45/tim-downs-81049_psychology_pete-had-always-been-a-compulsive-organi_1873895.jpg)

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