Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: December 5, 1886 Death: October 30, 1968 |
A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.

