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Even after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
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Fresno
California
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