I have to echo this Birthday wish to one of the great literary talents of 20th Century America - and a very brave woman - Ms. Lillian Hellman. 

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Lillian Hellman (June 20, 1905 – 1984) was an Jewish-American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his character Nora Charles), and was also a long-time friend and literary executor of author Dorothy Parker. Hellman was one of the great radicals in American letters…

“I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.”

“If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”