I wouldn't want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again.
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Kazuo Ishiguro Quote
“Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory. I like the atmospheres that result if episodes are narrated through the haze of memory.”
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