The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads …

J. M. Coetzee
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The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint. ✨ Interview with David Attwell, www.dn.se. December 8, 2003.
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The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint. ✨ Interview with David Attwell, www.dn.se. December 8, 2003.

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