Stanislaw Lec

(1909—1966), Polish writer

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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[ghost-writer] {n.} A writer whose identity remains a secret and who writes for another who receives all the credit. * /It is rumored that John Smith's best-selling novel was written […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Geoffrey Cottrell, New York Journal-American, Sept. 22, 1961.

In America only the successful writer is important; in France all writers are important; in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer […] www.sky-net-eye.com

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