I had an American journalist say to me, Is it true you wrote the whole…

J. K. Rowling
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I had an American journalist say to me, Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins? I was tempted to say, On teabags, I used to save them.
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I had an American journalist say to me, Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins? I was tempted to say, On teabags, I used to save them.

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