Christian BaumanLiterature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.
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If you've been fired, rejected or had to change a few midnight diapers, then you know what it's like to go through life without having enough money, and if you've ever been in a publishing house you know how hard it is to get published. But if you write and publish it yourself, there's no one to blame but yourself. You can't expect someone to do your job for you and you can't wait for someone else to give you the chance. If you don't have the guts to do it yourself, then why should anyone else?
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