Being a mother — especially of twins — taught me how to work efficiently. Family life saves one from the dangers of solipsism, which I think many wri… - Gail Hareven
" "Being a mother — especially of twins — taught me how to work efficiently. Family life saves one from the dangers of solipsism, which I think many writers encounter. One has to learn how to live with two parallel worlds, and, in a way, use the actual life as a good and safe base from which one can send expeditions to that parallel world. I think that dealing only with words all the time doesn’t do one any good. It’s good to remember that there are other human beings around you.
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About Gail Hareven
Gail Hareven (Hebrew: גַּיִל הַרְאֶבֶן); born 1959 Jerusalem) is an author from Israel.
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