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People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can read and write, they can afford any of the instruments of book writing such as pens, paper, computers, tape recorders, and generally by the time they have reached this decision, they have had a simple education.
People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can read and write, they can afford any of the instruments of book writing such as pens, paper, computers, tape recorders, and generally by the time they have reached this decision, they have had a simple education.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Muriel Spark
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Muriel Spark, based on documented lifetime 1918 to 2006. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233956 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233956 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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