I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested …

Flannery O'Connor
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I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something, and if possible in making a killing. They are interested in being a writer not in writing. . . If this is what you are interested in, I am not going to be much use to you. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.64, Macmillan
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