I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence.
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But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.
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But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work.
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On the other hand, I mean, that is what writers have always been supposed to do, was to rely on their own devices and to - I mean, writing is a lonely business.
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