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The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it.

Diane Johnson

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Diane Johnson
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 28
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Moline
Illinois
Writing
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Novel
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Beautiful
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