It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me. (V. S. Pritchett)

It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

V. S. Pritchett

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