Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the w — Edna O'Brien
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Writers are always anxious, always on the run--from the telephone, from responsibilities, from the distractions of the world.

— Edna O'Brien
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