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Trees in a forest prefer to bloom at the same time so that the genes of many individual trees can be well mixed.
“writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise”
― Novelist as a Vocation
― Novelist as a Vocation
“What we call the imagination consists of fragments of memory that lack any clear connection with one another.”
― Novelist as a Vocation
― Novelist as a Vocation
“I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“One opposite of imagination is “efficiency.”
― Novelist as a Vocation
― Novelist as a Vocation
“Anyone in their right mind would never undertake to write a novel in the first place. Given the circumstances, therefore, it is perfectly acceptable to be deranged as long as you are aware of that fact.”
― Novelist as a Vocation
― Novelist as a Vocation
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