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I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers' conferences and writers' sessions and writers' clinics, and the more I see of them, the more I'm sure it's the wrong direction. It isn't the place where you learn to write.
Nelson Algren
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"I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers' conferences and writers' sessions and writers' clinics, and the more I see of them, the more I'm sure it's the wrong direction. It isn't the place where you learn to write."
— Nelson Algren

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I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers' conferences and writers' sessions and writers' clinics, and the more I see of them, the more I'm sure it's the wrong direction. It isn't the place where you learn to write. — Nelson Algren

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Nelson Algren was a Novelist from United States (1909–1981).

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Who said "I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone…"?
This quote is attributed to Nelson Algren, a Novelist from United States.
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Nelson Algren lived from 1909 – 1981.