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Lord of Skull Island
Dec. 16th, 2005 10:50 am"Here was an author who had a remarkable skill: the ability to meet consumer demand as fast as it registered. He never suffered from writer's block.
"He spent every dime he made, and then some. Good Britisher that he was, he drank 30 cups of tea daily. Diabetic that he was, he added five spoons of sugar to each cup. Eventually, this killed him.
"The Great Depression wiped him out financially. In December, 1931, he went to Hollywood to earn a salary of $3,000 a week. Two months later, he died.
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"Yet he achieved what artists and writers dream of: the creation of a classic." -- Gary North
"He spent every dime he made, and then some. Good Britisher that he was, he drank 30 cups of tea daily. Diabetic that he was, he added five spoons of sugar to each cup. Eventually, this killed him.
"The Great Depression wiped him out financially. In December, 1931, he went to Hollywood to earn a salary of $3,000 a week. Two months later, he died.
...
"Yet he achieved what artists and writers dream of: the creation of a classic." -- Gary North