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I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Age: 75 †
Born: 1875
Born: February 23
Died: 1950
Died: March 19
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Interesting
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Probably
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Entertainingly

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