"I met, not long ago, a young man……" — Aldous Huxley

I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become… - Aldous Huxley

"I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he asked me to tell him how he should set to work to realize his ambition. I did my best to explain. 'The first thing,' I said, 'is to buy quite a lot of paper, a bottle of ink, and a pen. After that you merely have to write.'"

— Aldous Huxley

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