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I like the person I am in my stories better than I like the real me. That person is smarter, wittier, more patient, funnier - his view of the world is wiser.
When I stop writing and come back to myself, I feel more limited, opinionated, and petty.
But what a pleasure it was, to have been, on the page, briefly less of a dope than usual.

— Nov 21, 2023 12:06PM

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

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The world is full of people with agendas, trying to persuade us to act on their behalf (spend on their behalf, fight and die on their behalf, oppress others on their behalf). But inside us is what Hemingway called a "built-in, shockproof, shit detector."
How do we know something is shit? We watch the way the deep, honest part of our mind reacts to it.

— Nov 16, 2023 12:22AM