I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist. (Anne Lamott)

I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books they hungered and thirsted for would exist.

Anne Lamott

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