Under Western Eyes - a novel

1st July 2006 with 4 Comments

All a man can betray is his conscience. [...]

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Huckleberry Finn & Conscience

6th May 2006 with 2 Comments

Ernest Hemingway called Mark Twain’s book: The beginning of modern American literature.
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn . . . But it’s the best book we’ve had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.
Norman Mailer: The [...]

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For 30 years I've spent an average of 10 hours a day alone in a room, sitting at my desk. If you count only the work that is good enough to be published, my daily average is a good deal less than half a page a day. Orhan Pamuk

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