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Robert Rodriguez

I can’t hear enough about how writers (published ones that is) write. (Though of course there are many who rightly decline to answer this intrusive question). One of my favourite things to do is attend book readings and sit quietly in awe of the writer reading their words from the page. The last was Kazuo Ishiguro at the South Bank. When asked about his contribution to literature – all of six books, not including the collection Nocturnes, of which he was promoting, he replied indignantly, ‘Well, I think that’s quite enough don’t you?’  Isn’t it often underestimated what a writer must give to their work? The act of reading is simple enough; for the reader to forget or disregard the toil of effort involved in composing the story, I suppose is the mark of a novel well done.

Anyway, to my delight I came across this:

http://tinyurl.com/yhgrzv6

 

 

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