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"To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose."
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"I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within."

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"To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose."

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