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A writer's life is so hazardous that anything he does is bad for him. anything that happens to him is bad: failure's bad, success is bad; impoverishment is bad, money is very, very bad. nothing good can happen... except the act of writing.
-E. L. Doctorow
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A Writer's Life Is So Hazardous That

E. L. Doctorow
A writer's life is so hazardous that anything he does is bad for him. anything that happens to him is bad: failure's bad, success is bad; impoverishment is bad, money is very, very bad. nothing good can happen... except the act of writing.
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