"As a teacher at Princeton, I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work - writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise."
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"Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.“
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