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This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
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Head
Feeling
Feelings
Young
Nothing
Drives

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