Jilly Cooper - But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax ...

Jilly Cooper Zitate

But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.

Jilly Cooper

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Aber ich scheine immer ein Buch fertig zu stellen und denke dann, oh Gott, ich muss eine Steuerrechnung bezahlen, deshalb schreibe ich besser einen Roman, damit ich nicht aufhört und Textverarbeitung lerne.

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