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  • The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

    Samuel Johnson: The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
    Samuel Johnson
    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 6 Apr. 1775)
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