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“Dialogue is just two monologues clashing. That’s my Big Theory. It’s true in...”
– The Writer’s Tale by Russell T. Davies (via hermionejg)
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[Jonathan Safran Foer in Playboy, Jan. 2004.]
‘Emptiness’
The First Empty Page
I started collecting empty paper soon after I finished my first novel, about two years ago. A family friend had been helping to archive Isaac Bashevis Singer’s belongings for the university where his papers and artifacts were to be kept. Among the many items to be disposed of was a stack of Singer’s...
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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.”
– The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (via fishingboatproceeds)
So at last count I had six copies of this book (one for a huge essay I did for English coursework in secondary school, one for a huge essay I did at university, two reading copies to lend out, an annotation copy and an annotation-free copy…...