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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

James A. Michener
Writing, Complaining, Tradition
The Observer, November 26, 1989.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.