"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

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"The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean."

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"The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations."

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"I'm very happy that the New York Times has spoken well of my stuff; who wouldn't be? But it's not a choice I made."

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