It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have. (Nadine Gordimer)

It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.

Nadine Gordimer

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