John Updike - In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or...

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In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The written work was supposed to speak for itself, and to sell itself, sometimes even without the author's photograph on the back flap.

John Updike

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In meinen ersten 15 oder 20 Jahren der Autorschaft wurde ich fast nie gebeten, eine Rede oder ein Interview zu geben. Das schriftliche Werk sollte für sich selbst sprechen und sich verkaufen, manchmal sogar ohne das Foto des Autors auf der Rückseite.

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