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There's no magic secret writing is like everything else ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day—bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

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Marion Zimmer Bradley
Age: 69 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 3
Died: 1999
Died: September 25
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