One should fight like the d... by John Gardner, an American Novelist

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“One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy.”

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John Gardner

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Name: John Gardner

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jul 21, 1933

Date of Death: Sep 14, 1982

Profession: Novelist

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Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.

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