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The lives of modern writers are not interesting in themselves
In 1955 Somerset Maugham at the age of eighty-one was asked in a newspaper interview if he liked the idea of having his biography written.
No, he did not.
It would be a pointless exercise, in his view.
The lives of modern writers are not interesting in themselves.
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham - Selina Hastings
