"I try to write about small insignificant things.……" — Karl Ove Knausgard
"I try to write about small insignificant things. I try to find out if it's possible to say anything about them. And I almost always do if I sit down and write about something. There is something in that thing that I can write about. It's very much like a rehearsal. An exercise, in a way."
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Karl Ove Knausgard
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20 Quotes by Karl Ove Knausgard
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