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Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!
Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.
It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.
I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read.
I'm one of the writers that would die if I didn't say what I needed to say. For me, it's a matter of survival to write.
If it is good literature, the reader and the writer will connect. It's inevitable.
I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.
If you are careful about the content and writing style, readers will not feel that you are in a hurry.
If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things.
