The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling. (Richard Russo)

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling.

Richard Russo

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