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I don't think one writes for immortality. I think beginning writers always think they will have fame. But if fame — which is power — is what you want… - Cynthia Ozick
" "I don't think one writes for immortality. I think beginning writers always think they will have fame. But if fame — which is power — is what you want, then you'll get it, probably. But it's not something necessary to want or need.
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About Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick (born April 17, 1928) is a Jewish American short story writer, novelist, and essayist.
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Cynthia Shoshana Ozick
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In the middle of the war there was Heine, there was Goethe, there was Schiller. I did posters for the German club, in the middle of the war. When I think back to how happy I was, studying German and flunking algebra, and I think what was going on for other Jewish teenagers on the other side of the world, I'm so puzzled by those dates.
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