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The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books and no one cares whether their book is late or ever comes out at all. And then it comes out and two reviews are published and it sells 12 copies.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.
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