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In books, as in life, there are no second chances. On second thought: it’s the next work, still to be written, that offers the second chance.

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Cynthia Ozick

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I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.

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A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood – by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. ‘Foreign Bodies’ came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.

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April 25, 2024

A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood – by anything at all. Sometimes the stimulus can be an idea, which will rapidly clothe itself in character and incident. ‘Foreign Bodies’ came about through the contemplation of the contrast between post-second world war America and Europe.

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April 25, 2024

I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.

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