If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't li… - Lillian Hellman

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If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Lillian Hellman

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Lillian Florence Hellman (20 June 1905 – 30 June 1984) was an American playwright.

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Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a Judge's chamber can believe in an unprejudiced point of view but, simply in self-interest, the biographer must try for one, or make us believe he has, or tell us that he hasn't.

All I mean is that I left too much of me unfinished because I wasted too much time.” —

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. - Lillian Hellman

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