Lydia Davis quote

I don't pare down much. I write the beginning of a story in a notebook and it comes out very close to what it will be in the end. There is not much deliberateness about it.
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis
Born: Jul 15, 1947

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