phf:
chukcha brings his novel to a su publishing dept. the editor reads it and goes "you know, you ought to read some classics, pushkin, turgenev, etc."
chukcha goes "naw,
chukcha is a writer, not a
reader"
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Chukcha applies for membership in the Union of Soviet Writers. He is asked what literature he is familiar with. "Have you read Pushkin?" "No." "Have you read Dostoevsky?" "No." "Can you read at all?" The
Chukcha, offended, replies, "
Chukcha not
reader,
Chukcha writer!"'