It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by … - Dorothy Parker

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The great mind knows the power of gentleness.

Dorothy Parker

It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I can't write five words but that I can change seven.

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