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A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
-Joyce Carol Oates
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A Writer Can't Subtract Or Excise Any

Joyce Carol Oates
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
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