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when I talk about a writing life, I'm talking about a life in which writing is the dominant response to living.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Life
Dominant
Response
Talk
Talking
Living
Writing

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