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There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Flannery O'Connor
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1925 to 1964; Wikidata Q234579, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234579 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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