Sometimes There's A Snobbery Among Literary Types That These People Don't Really Get It, But In A Lot Of Ways They Get It More Than The Literati. There's A Culture In The Background That They Understand And Know. They Get That Deeper Level. - SearchQuotes

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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.

Irvine Welsh

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