I always think this is a very nice question to ask writers. And often its asked by people who are aspiring writers, so that's always rather nice. Was writing something that you always knew that you wanted to do? And what vice which you give to aspiring writers? I've always knew that i was going to be a writer. When i was a tinaga, i was reading a lot of things about writers life,. All had a lot of passion and they used to take drugs and alcohol, and they had siphides. So then i discovered that to be a writes, you have to write, and you have to to work. You can't write with the objective that people will worship
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