Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to b…

John Updike
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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. ✨ John Updike's acceptance speech for Edward MacDowell Medal, as quoted in New York Times, August 26, 1981.
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