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# William Browning Spencer

(1946)   Novelist

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William Browning Spencer is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About William Browning Spencer

Born January 1, 1946

Profession Novelist

## About William Browning Spencer

American writer... \| William Browning Spencer is an American novelist and short story writer living in Austin, Texas. His science fiction and horror stories are often darkly and surrealistically humorous.

##  Quotes by William Browning Spencer

> [ “It's not that \[writers\] are pompous jerks. We are insecure. We feel like we're fading away in this vast sea of scriveners.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-browning-spencer/it-s-not-that-writers-are-pompous-jerks-we-are-insecure-we-feel-like/)

[William Browning Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-browning-spencer/)

[Insecure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/insecure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/william-browning-spencer-10351_insecure_it-s-not-that-writers-are-pompous-jerks_522776.jpg)

> [“The advantage of being married a long time was that one could argue without the necessity of the other's actual, physical presence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-browning-spencer/the-advantage-of-being-married-a-long-time-was-that-one-could-argue/)

[William Browning Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-browning-spencer/)

[Humour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humour/)

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