In 1972, by Farley Mowat, after I’d had a modest success: “Now you’re a target, and people will shoot at you.” Which is not about how to write, but about some of the consequences of having done so.
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Margaret Atwood
Novelist, poet and critic
Canada
Arts and letters
26 answers
Long, lingering dementia, followed by death from choking on a fishbone.
The only way out is through.
Can't pick and choose, it's bad luck.
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