That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary f…

J. M. Coetzee
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That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world. ✨ Interview with David Attwell, www.dn.se. December 8, 2003.
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