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A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack o

A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew. – Ian Mcewan

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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building. – Ian Mcewan

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I actually find novels that are determined to be funny at every turn quite oppressive. – Ian Mcewan

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