Powers of observation heightened beyond the normal imply extraordinary disinvolvement: or rather the double process, excessive preocccupation and identification with the lives of others, and at the same time a monstrous detachment... The tension between standing apart and being fully involved: that is what makes a writer.
-- Nadine Gordimer, Introduction, Selected Stories –
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