When I Was Speaking About Communicating, I Meant That The Listener - We Have To Reach The Listener; Otherwise, Of Course, You're Writing The Piece, As I Say, Only For The Satisfaction Of Seeing It On The Paper For Yourself, And Then It Ends Right There. - SearchQuotes

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When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there.

Leo Ornstein

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