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unearths some literary gems.
From The Paris Review Interviews, vol. II:
***INTERVIEWER: How does a writer become a serious novelist?FAULKNER: Ninety-nine percent talent…ninety-nine percent discipline…ninety-nine percent work.[Later on, Faulkner continues to "do the math" by treating obligation as a currency.]"[The writer’s] obligation is to get the work done the best he can do it; whatever obligation he has left over after that he can spend any way he likes."[Btw, Faulkner uses the phrase "Kilroy was here"--not once, but twice--as a metaphor for the writer and the critic, respectively, making their presence known.]***"Our boss [at an advertising agency] would come down from meetings and put on his cardigan, which was a sign that he was going to be creative." [Peter Carey]***
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