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Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Lillian Hellman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Lillian Hellman, based on documented lifetime 1905 to 1984. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233701 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233701 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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