I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing … - Christopher Hampton - Quotesmemo.com

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No one else writes like Gord Downie, so it's difficult to compare him. He can work in the abstract and still somehow be really specific. He lets parts of his consciousness in that most writers aren't able to do, myself included. I don't feel like I have that access to the surreal and the somehow beautifully meaningful non-sequitur - that fits perfectly. I can never figure that out, how he does that.

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Christopher Hampton

I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.

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