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I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what they need to do to succeed to give up, do something else.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Writing
Started
Something
Asks
Always
Stuff
Evenings
Time
Else
Evening
People
Give
Telling
Need
Summer
Giving
Kill
Needs
Succeed

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