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“There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.”
 
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Doris Lessing
 
Name:   Doris Lessing
 
Nationality:   English
 
Date of Birth:   Oct 22, 1919
 
Profession:   Writer
 
 
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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.
 
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