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Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

Rod Serling

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Rod Serling
Age: 50 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 25
Died: 1975
Died: June 28
Film Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Syracuse
New York
Rodman Edward Serling
Writing
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