Evelyn Collier, Chapter 15, p. 223
Source: 2009, The Best of Me (2011)
“Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment, learn inner independence, learn to trust that time will sort the good from the bad– including your own bad.”
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