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Archibald MacLeish - A real writer learns from earlier...
A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off. (Archibald MacLeish)

A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off.

Archibald MacLeish

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