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What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his

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"What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering"

- Katherine Dunn

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This quote is written / told by Katherine Dunn. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 24 other quotes.

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