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Write for the love of your art. Someplace down the road, the money, the fame, they'll come, but by that time you won't be thinking in terms of money or fame.
James Lee Burke
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James Lee Burke
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: December 5
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Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
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We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.
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There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
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