Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
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The [Booker] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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![“Todd and Tim [Tobias] write the music, and I come up with the melodies and lyrics. I call it the Ohio Rock Factory. Tim and Todd run the northern plant in Cleveland, and I've got the southern plant down here in Dayton. No tours permitted.” quote by Robert Pollard](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e7/robert-pollard-55507_cleveland_todd-and-tim-tobias-write-the-music-and_1529283.jpg)
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