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“Sounds like a goddam Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, doesn’t it? Burroughs was a better writer than you, though, and do you know why? Because he was a hack without pretensions. One with priorities. Tell the story, do the work, give people something they can enjoy without feeling too stupid, and stay out of the gossip columns.” — Stephen King

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Sounds like a goddam Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, doesn’t it? Burroughs was a better writer than you, though, and do you know why? Because he was a hack without pretensions. One with priorities. Tell the story, do the work, give people something they can enjoy without feeling too stupid, and stay out of the gossip columns.
— Stephen King