“One of the reasons I no longer write detective stories is the income tax. Anything that is liable to sell well may be ruinous.”
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“One of the reasons I no longer write detective stories is the income tax. Anything that is liable to sell well may be ruinous.”
Captured 2026-08-22 from The New York Times. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.