Dean Wesley Smith quotes

Dean Wesley Smith quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.”
-- Dean Wesley Smith

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“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.”
-- Dean Wesley Smith

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“Learning makes us all uncomfortable.”
-- Dean Wesley Smith

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“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
“I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?”
“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”
“Rather than making money I believe in making people happy, all other things are secondary. Money isn't important, creative satisfaction is”
“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
“If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.”
“When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.”
“Besides that, I believe one thing: there is a Lord God! And this Lord God creates the peoples.”
“I believe, Messieurs, in loyalty---to one's friends and one's family and one's caste.”
“I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.”

Source : "Enrique Iglesias, Anna Kournikova Don’t Plan To Marry". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2012.

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