“A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But novel-writing is something else. It has to be learned, but it can't be taught. This bunkum and stinkum of college creative writing courses! The academics don't know that the only thing you can do for someone who wants to write is to buy him a typewriter.”
Quote by James M. Cain
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James M. Cain
James M. Cain was an American author known for his crime novels and noir fiction. His works, often featuring hard-boiled detectives, had a profound impact on 20th-century American literature. more