"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. "
An editor friend got a letter in the mail. It was a rejection letter she had sent to an author, and was annotated thusly:~~~[Note, typed, from my friend to the author:]Dear [REDACTED], We have already* considered and turned down your submission. Unfortunately, I just don't think that your writing is a good fit for us. I wish you the best of luck.Sincerely,[MY FRIEND][Note, handwritten beneath it, from the author to my friend:]Why didn't you guys tell me that you're a red bunch of communists! Who needs you here in the USA? I certainly don't! Go to Hell, the Red Hell!Sincerely,[REDACTED]~~~*The same manuscript was already considered and rejected three months earlierAww. So sweet.
Writing was developed independently in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and among the Maya in Central America. There are some areas where the question as to whether writing was adopted or independently developed is in doubt, as at Easter Island.