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Meaning
The speaker says that writing is slow and requires a lot of effort. Each piece takes careful work and a wide range of inner resources to complete.
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Originally said in English.
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No source found on Wikiquote; the quote is attributed to Junot Diaz.
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About Junot Diaz
Dominican American writer and creative writing professor
Junot Díaz is a Dominican American writer and creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with 131 quotes on the site. He was also a former fiction editor at Boston Review. His work centers on the immigrant experience, especially the Latino immigrant experience. That focus shapes much of what he is known for as a writer and teacher.
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