Colm Toibin

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I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don’t have a strong visual imagination.

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I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.

I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.

April 25, 2024

I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.

April 25, 2024

I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don’t have a strong visual imagination.

Colm Toibin

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I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.

I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.

I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway, and I would disapprove of it.

I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.

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