It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things…

Ian Mcewan
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It's good to get your hands dirty a bit and to test how you see things at a given point. And it's very pleasing after writing something like 'Atonement' or 'On Chesil Beach,' which are historical, to get involved in some plausible re-enactment of the here and now. ✨ Ian McEwan: 'It's good to get your hands dirty a bit' by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2010.
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