"A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.“


-Roald Dahl

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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

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