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The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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A visual artist.
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I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
Alice Munro
My favorite writer is Alice Munro—all of her books. She’s a tremendous writer and has taught me so much about writing.
As a child, Munro was constantly telling herself stories. One of the first was “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Christian Anderson, whose ending she couldn’t bear.
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Not enough food in the fridge.
Kind, funny, alive.
Peaceful and joyful.
“You’re a reasonably intelligent girl,” by a teacher, and it drove me crazy and made me want to get into Oxford.
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