Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that … - Lillian Hellman

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Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that nobody ever deliberately wrote a potboiler, you just did the best you could and woke up to find it good or no good.

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

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