You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose __tory_ __lot_ __ontinuity_... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...
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There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose __tory_ __lot_ __ontinuity_... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...
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