If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing. (Roddy Doyle)

If you are a writer you're at home, which means you're out of touch. You have to make excuses to get out there and look at how the world is changing.

Roddy Doyle

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