"As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary."

People, Difference, Fact, Fiction

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"As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary."

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