So, How To Stay Inside The World Of Entertainment Without Actually Getting Another Job? I Felt The Only Logical Answer Was To Become A Novelist. So I Wrote The First Book - Driven By Some Very Real Feelings Of Desperation - And It Worked. - SearchQuotes

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So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.

Lee Child

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