Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician. ✨ Kurt Vonne…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut, Lee Stringer (2011). Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation about Writing, p.42, Seven Stories Press
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Virtually every writer I know would rather be a musician. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut, Lee Stringer (2011). Like Shaking Hands with God: A Conversation about Writing, p.42, Seven Stories Press

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