If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones. After all, there are better ways to starve to death.
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ
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Gabriel García Márquez104 quotes“If you’re going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones. After all, there are better ways to starve to death.”
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