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by Julia Whitehead
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How Humility Contributed to Kurt Vonnegut’s Success as a Writer - podcast
In one of his last interviews, Kurt Vonnegut showed his humility when he stated that he "considered himself lucky to have found an audience”. Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library founder and CEO, Julia Whitehead, believes Vonnegut's humility was one of the keys to his success as a writer. She attributes his humility to a few things: 1) The amount of time it took him to find success - Slaughterhouse-Five took him twenty years to write. 2) As with many writers, Vonnegut received numerous rejection letters...
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