Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. ✨ …

John Steinbeck
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Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. ✨ John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). Conversations with John Steinbeck, p.77, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals. ✨ John Steinbeck, Thomas Fensch (1988). Conversations with John Steinbeck, p.77, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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