“Don't people know that it's the hardest work in the world? Joseph Conrad said that he had loaded hundredweights of coal all day long on a ship in Amsterdam in the wintertime, and that is was nothing to the energy demanded for a day's work writing.”
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Mary Lee Settle
Mary Lee Settle was an American writer born on July 29, 1918, and passed away on September 27, 2005. Her works are known for their deep psychological insights and portrayals of the American South. more
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