"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

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"It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts."

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"I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening."

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"I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised."

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