The mandarins of culture–what do they do to teach the common folk to read? It's no good writing down lists of books for farmers and compiling five-foot shelves; you've got to go out and visit the people yourself–take the books to them, talk to the teachers and bully the editors of country newspapers and farm magazines and tell the children stories–and then little by little you begin to get good books circulating in the veins of the nation. It's a great work, mind you! . Christopher Moley
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Being a writer is a great job. You get to visit places and meet people and write about them and publish your work for the world to read. It’s a job that doesn’t pay much, but it can do so much for you.

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