You see, you are an optimist and live on hope. I am a pessi… - Malcolm Bradbury

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You see, you are an optimist and live on hope. I am a pessimist and live on experience.

Malcolm Bradbury

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Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury CBE (7 September 1932 – 27 November 2000) was an English comic novelist, screenwriter, literary critic and academic. He pioneered the teaching of creative writing and American studies in British universities.

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You see, you are an optimist and live on hope. I am a pessimist and live on experience. - Malcolm Bradbury

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