The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides.
タグ: worthlessness, worthless, torment, tainted, taint, shame, corrosive, books

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I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive.
タグ: most, alive, tradition, love
Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent.
タグ: technical, writer, way, time
Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.
タグ: me, truth, sad, life
Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.
タグ: more, emotional, children, time
I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.
タグ: american, admire, writing, work
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