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You Quotes by Arthur Smith
- About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?
- After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid…
- If you want to write something of length, however modern and radical, you must live the life of an elderly gentleman of the 1950s.
- It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
- It's worth turning up to an awards gig if you know you've won one but, since you never do know, it's not worth it.
- My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.
- When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.
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