If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer. (Mary Oliver)

If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer.

Mary Oliver

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