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The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.

Billy Wilder

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Billy Wilder
Age: 95 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2002
Died: March 27
Film Director
Film Producer
Filmmaker
Journalist
Screenwriter
Writer
Samuel Wilder
Elegant
Hiding
Plot
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Subtle
Writer
Better

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