"I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer."

Thought, Man, Woman, Writer

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"I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer."

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Man

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"When the dream came into being, I always pursued it."

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Time

"Life has no beginning, middle or end."

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"I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career."

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