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"Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine."
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Source: John Shirley (2011). “BioShock: Rapture”, p.32, Macmillan
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