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John Updike Quotes: Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
         

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.


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Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.
         



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