A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. (Michael Hayden)

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

Michael Hayden

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