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"Sometimes you have to begin far away from the answer and then down-spiral back to it. Writing is the act of discovery. You want to discover your relationship with a topic, not the dictionary definition ."

"Be specific. Don't say "fruit." Tell what kind of fruit-- "It is a pomegranate." Give things the dignity of their names."