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> [The literary scene is filled with young people now, which is a great joy. They seem fully capable of saving the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-wanek/the-literary-scene-is-filled-with-young-people-now-which-is-a-great/)

[Connie Wanek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-wanek/)

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> [England has the most sordid literary scene I've ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy's writing a foreword…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/england-has-the-most-sordid-literary-scene-i-ve-ever-seen-they-all/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

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> [Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/memoirs-have-dominated-the-literary-scene-now-for-ten-or-20-or-even/)

[Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/)

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> [In Bangkok's budding literary scene, Prabda Yoon sits at the centre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/in-bangkok-s-budding-literary-scene-prabda-yoon-sits-at-the-centre/)

[Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/)

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> [The literary scene is a kind of Medusa’s raft, small and sinking, and one’s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/the-literary-scene-is-a-kind-of-medusa-s-raft-small-and-sinking-and/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/john-updike-396_fingers_the-literary-scene-is-a-kind-of-medusa-s_2015811.jpg)

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