Words raced thru his mind and his fingers ached to capture them all on paper.
...every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.
The Salinger Contract
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...every writer I had ever known wrote his best work when he had his back up against the wall and thought he would never write another word.
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