Belief in one’s identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless… — Dan Simmons
Belief in one’s identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one’s immortality...and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful.
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