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In His Own Words

Tinseltown

"My general impression of Hollywood is that of a vary wealthy, over-grown country town.  In fact, it reminds me very much of a town that has sprung up as the result of an oil boom.  I know very few actors, but the ones with whom I did come in contact were normal, hard-working people, leading much saner lives then we are led to believe."


Excerpted from Lion in the Garden: Interviews with William Faulkner, 1926–1962, Edited by James B. Meriwether and Michael Millgate.

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