"And out of a desire essentially to imitate……" — Russell Banks
"And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey."
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- When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. — Chinua Achebe
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- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
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