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Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at it. And once you're controlling the work, it's not going to be very good, or it won't be as good as it should be.

Jules Feiffer

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Jules Feiffer
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: January 26
Actor
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Drawer
Journalist
Playwright
Screenwriter
University Teacher
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Jules Ralph Feiffer
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