One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential. (V. S. Pritchett)

One recalls how much the creative impulse of the best-sellers depends upon self-pity. It is an emotion of great dramatic potential.

V. S. Pritchett

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