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Nina Bawden - All writers are liars. They twist events...
All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people. (Nina Bawden)

All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.

Nina Bawden

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