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Susan Sontag: The writer is...

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The writer is either a practising recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both.

Source: When Writers Talk among Themselves, in New York Times, (5 Jan 1986).
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author, critic; She was one of the most influential contemporary American critics, utilizing new sensibility to evaluate art.


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