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Larry Niven - Writing is, therefore, both a form of...
Writing is, therefore, both a form of compulsive behavior and, I frequently tell people, a self-induced form of mental illness. Those few writers who don't start off by being a little nuts soon get that way as a direct result of their vocation. (Larry Niven)

Writing is, therefore, both a form of compulsive behavior and, I frequently tell people, a self-induced form of mental illness. Those few writers who don't start off by being a little nuts soon get that way as a direct result of their vocation.

Larry Niven

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