John Campbell - Writers

Writers

  • John Campbell (author) (1708–1775), Scottish author
  • John Campbell (biographer) (born 1947), British political biographer
  • Wal Campbell (John William Wallace Campbell, 1906–1979), Australian anti-Catholic journalist
  • John Campbell, author of the webcomic Pictures for Sad Children

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    Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds.
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