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Goodreads asked Ian Rankin:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Ian Rankin Being your own boss. Getting to play with your imaginary friends, just like when you were a kid. Writing is also therapeutic, a way to get stuff out of your system. And sometimes it pays.

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