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The way I see it, people with brilliant minds are not particularly well suited to writing novels. Of course some degree of intelligence and education and overall knowledge is necessary to turn one out. I myself am not entirely lacking in those areas. At least I think so. Probably. But if someone were to ask me point-blank "Do you think you're smart enough" I'd have a hard time sounding confident.
- Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation, pp.9-10
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