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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
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“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”
― Lucky Jim
― Lucky Jim
“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
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