There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money. (Rex Stout)

There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When I could no longer afford that I wrote for money.

Rex Stout

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