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> [My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/my-own-experience-is-that-once-a-story-has-been-written-one-has-to/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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> [My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/my-own-experience-is-that-once-a-story-has-been-written-one-has-to-2/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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