• A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it.

  Maurice Blanchot
  French writer and philosopher 1907-2003
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. unreadable
2. separated
3. cannot
4. remain

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A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A secret, because he is separated from it. by : Maurice Blanchot

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