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I know very dimly when I start what's going to happen. I just have a very general idea, and then the thing develops as I write.

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Aldous Huxley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1894
Born: July 26
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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Aldous Leonard Huxley
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