![]() If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book.” ![]() It is not one of a kind, and it is not ephemeral. It doesn’t have to be plugged in, activated, or performed by a machine all it needs is light, a human eye, and a human mind. The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can last decades, even centuries. Prospects for Women in Writing, speech given in Portland, Oregon, 1986. If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. It is good to have an end to journey towards but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ![]()
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