![Joyce Maynard Quotes: I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.](https://www.quoteslyfe.com/images/collection3/quotations766/I-have-long-observed-that-the-act-766014.jpg)
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.
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