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When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories.
John SaylesAbout author
- Author's profession: Director
- Nationality: american
- Born: September 28, 1950
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The realization that I’d have nothing to take home had finally sunk in. My knees buckled and I slid down the tree trunk to its roots. It was too much. I was too sick and weak and tired, oh, so tired. Let them call the Peacekeepers and take us to the community home, I thought. Or better yet, let me die right here in the rain.
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