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Originality is also very important to a writer. and all of the writers i've mentioned, of course, are original, but it's important to me that every book that i do be really a completely fresh and new look at the world. and of course, that makes it frightening to start a new book because you can't really depend upon what you've done with previous books.
-Alan Lightman
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Originality Is Also Very Important To A

Alan Lightman
Originality is also very important to a writer. and all of the writers i've mentioned, of course, are original, but it's important to me that every book that i do be really a completely fresh and new look at the world. and of course, that makes it frightening to start a new book because you can't really depend upon what you've done with previous books.
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