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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it. - Quote by Don Roff

I’ve found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.

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