Oh, poor Pearl Buck! She has no more bounce than a boiled potato.
Katherine Anne Porter Quotes
You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.
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| Birth: | 15th May, 1890 |
| Death: | 18th September, 1980 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist, Novelist, Writer |
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