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“It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work.” quote by Chang-Rae Lee — Download Open image

“It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's no need to talk about work.”

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