Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know … - Margaret Atwood

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I bowl my best when I am fittest and the best way to get fit is to bowl. That's how you get your rhythm. You cannot really find a rhythm by bowling in the nets.

Margaret Atwood

Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted.

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