It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.
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I think writers are very anxious.
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I'm very disturbed by violence against women when it is violence.
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I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually.
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