A Quote by George Woodcock

I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.

George Woodcock

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George Woodcock
Canadian - Writer
May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995

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