If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to…

Stephen King
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If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway. ✨ Stephen King (2000). On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, p.175, Simon and Schuster
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