“I was twenty then. What the hell, I used to say, take your time, Bandini. You got ten years to write a book, so take it easy, get out and learn about life, walk the streets. That’s your trouble: your ignorance of life.”

—  John Fante , book Ask the Dust

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1909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screen… 1909–1983

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