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by Y_Y 338 days ago
See also: Stephen King, Oscar Wilde, William Wordsworth.
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"write drunk, proofread sober" - Ernest Hemingway
Comment drunk, revise never!

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/09/21/write-drunk/

Looks like it was Peter de Vries, but the hallmark of a good quip is shambolic attribution.

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