Thorne Smith - Quite casually I wander into my... | Quotesia

Quite casually I wander into my plot, poke around with my characters for a while, then amble off, leaving no moral proved and no reader improved.

Thorne Smith

American Writer

Born: Mar 27, 1892

Died: Jun 21, 1934

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Plot, Characters, Moral, Casually, Poke, Reader, Around, Proved, Leaving, Off, Improved, Quite, Wander, While, Then

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