It seems that fiction no longer produces work that makes one feel the human condition deeply.
Vivian GornickThey may recognize themselves in what you're writing, and then they have to say, "Well, she doesn't see me as I see myself." All a writer has is her own experience, and that experience comes out of human relationships.
Vivian Gornickin New York there's such diversity that there's no one central identity; everyone is marginal.
Vivian GornickPapa's love did indeed have wondrous properties: it not only compensated for her boredom and anxiety, it was the cause of her boredom and anxiety.
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