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It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.

It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.

Betty Smith
Writing, Long, Firsts
BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”

In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won't get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got.

Betty Smith
Writing, Thinking, Should Have
BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.

Betty Smith
Liars, Writing, Years
BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”

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