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It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.
William Saroyan
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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
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Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.
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This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.
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There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.
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