Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author… - Robert Benchley

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Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Robert Benchley

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Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, critic and actor.

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