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Expect to be disgusted by your own early work. If writing is your vocation, if you hope that it might be your salvation, push on through the disgust until you find one true sentence, a few words that say more than you expected, something you didn't know until you set it down.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: words, you, hope, work

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I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: direction, looking, character, me
If I'm working every day, it's like pumping a pump. When you start, rusty water comes out, and then it runs clear. I do it even if I get completely stuck.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: start, day, water, you
Traditions are always puzzling to those who don't share them. I'm Jewish, so the idea of a 'perfect family Christmas' is foreign to me.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: who, always, me, family
I find the sneeriness about 'selfie-culture' quite boring - I'm excited by young people taking control of their own images and finding out for themselves how much Photoshop has done for models.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: done, control, boring, people
I don't think I have any particular problem with God.
— Naomi Alderman
Tags: any, problem, think, god
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