If you sort of see yourself writing into a space that you don't always recognize, you sometimes learn … - Colum McCann

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Life's mysterious, strange, and full of wonders - and only a fool withdraws from it willingly and lets it pass him by.

Colum McCann

If you sort of see yourself writing into a space that you don't always recognize, you sometimes learn things that you knew, but weren't entirely aware of. It's very liberating for a writer to go into a space where she or he has not gone before, because, instead of being a tourist, you're like an explorer now, and you're sort of lost in this new idea.

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I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

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