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I suppose one has to be desperate, to be a successful writer. One has to reach a rock-bottom at which one can afford to let everything go hang. One has got to damn the public, chance one's living, say what one thinks, and be oneself. Then something may come out.
I suppose one has to be desperate, to be a successful writer. One has to reach a rock-bottom at which one can afford to let everything go hang. One has got to damn the public, chance one's living, say what one thinks, and be oneself. Then something may come out.
Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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- T.H. White
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- Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for T. H. White: life dates 1906 to 1964. Wikidata Q453410, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453410 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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