“Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped.”
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Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
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They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.
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