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“I’m dull and boring,” Chabon said, “So I’m always looking for some way out of the confines of my skull.”

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To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music that words make.

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“Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down.”

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For novelists to return to the spotlight, they must do one thing. No, not write better. Just fight.