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Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.

Martin Amis
Curves, Careers, Novelists
Martin Amis (2001). “The War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000”, Vintage
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.