I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing…I read in order to find out what I need to know: To illuminate the riddle.
Cynthia Ozick, “The Art of Fiction No. 95” (via The Paris Review)
I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing…I read in order to find out what I need to know: To illuminate the riddle.
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