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[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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