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Quote by Victor Salva
When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a dea

When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the years regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class. – Victor Salva

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