Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like i…

Raymond Chandler
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Don't ever write anything you don't like yourself and if you do like it, don't take anyone's advice about changing it. They just don't know. ✨ Raymond Chandler (1987). Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler, Delta
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