The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. … - Ben Hecht

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Ben Hecht

The writer is a definite human phenomenon. He is almost a type - as pugilists are a type. He may be a bad writer - an insipid one or a clumsy one - but there is a bug in him that keeps spinning yarns; and that bulges his brow a bit, narrows his jaws, weakens his eyes and gives him girl children instead of boys. Nobody but a writer can write. People who hang around writers for years - as producers did - who are much smarter and have much better taste, never learn to write.

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The honors Hollywood has for the writer are as dubious as tissue-paper cuff links.

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