Betty Smith Quote

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.

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW (ed. 1947)

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.

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.