When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.
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Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I dont like it or I suspect it is better than my novels and I dont like it.
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After years of practice, I can walk into a bookstore and understand its layout in a few seconds. I can glance at the spine of a book and make a good guess at its content from a number of signs.
- Umberto Eco