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All of a sudden, when you're exposed to a large audience, they think you just started writing that day, but i started years before. i look back at things i wrote then and i'm so embarrassed - the writing seems so blocky and choppy to me and i wouldn't have wanted success any sooner because the writing was even worse.
-David Sedaris
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All Of A Sudden, When You're Exposed

David Sedaris
All of a sudden, when you're exposed to a large audience, they think you just started writing that day, but i started years before. i look back at things i wrote then and i'm so embarrassed - the writing seems so blocky and choppy to me and i wouldn't have wanted success any sooner because the writing was even worse.
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