I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late

I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry to me as a child. But rather late in life, I’ve come to appreciate my father, the accountant. He was a solid, organized, get-the-job-done kind of person-and you need that piece of it to be a writer, too.

– Judith Viorst

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