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For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life.

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I only hope that I can regain my own identity once I decide that ‘Perry Mason’ and myself have come to the parting of the road. ‘Perry Mason’ has become a career for me… all I know is that I work, eat and sleep ‘Perry Mason.’

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I think marriage is one of those things that writers draw on, one of those emotional reservoirs that go way back.

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May 25, 2024

I think marriage is one of those things that writers draw on, one of those emotional reservoirs that go way back.

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May 25, 2024

I only hope that I can regain my own identity once I decide that ‘Perry Mason’ and myself have come to the parting of the road. ‘Perry Mason’ has become a career for me… all I know is that I work, eat and sleep ‘Perry Mason.’

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