The impulse to write comes, I think, from a desire - perhaps a need - to give imaginative life to experience, to share it with the reader, not to cover up the truth but to deliver it obliquely.
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The impulse to write comes, I think, from a desire - perhaps a need - to give imaginative life to experience, to share it with the reader, not to cover up the truth but to deliver it obliquely. — Paul Theroux
About Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux was a Novelist from United States (1941–present).
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This quote is attributed to Paul Theroux, a Novelist from United States.
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Paul Theroux lived from 1941 – present.
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