
Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it.

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This page presents the quote "Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it.". Author of this quote is Doris Lessing. This quote is about writing, firsts, sometimes, written, book,.