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It is the deepest desire of every writer, the one we never admit or even dare to speak of; to write a book we can leave as a legacy. And although it is sometimes easy to forget, wanting to be a writer is not about reviews or advances or how many copies are printed or sold. It is much simpler than that, and much more passionate. If you do it right, and if they publish it, you may actually leave something behind that can last forever.

 - Alice Hoffman, "The book that wouldn't die,"
in New York Times Book Review, July 22, 1990 
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/22/books/the-book-that-wouldn-t-die-a-writer-s-last-and-longest-voyage.html

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