“The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.”
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The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
Politics is the art of the possible creativity is the art of the impossible.
One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.
I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road, ' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.
