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Published · transcript-backedEmily St. John Mandel: uncertainty
8 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar
“I have a lot of acquaintances that I don’t know well enough to really know what their day-to-day is like.”
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- Emily St. John Mandel
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- uncertainty
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- 8 Apr 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How impressive do you think is your own level of discipline and conscientiousness? I’m very disciplined and conscientious, but I don’t really know how I compare to other writers, to be honest. I only have one other close friend who’s a writer, and she’s at least as disciplined and conscientious as I am. I have a lot of acquaintances that I don’t know well enough to really know what their day-to-day is like. I feel like I don’t have a good enough pool of comparison. Who first spotted your writing talent, and how did they do it? What did they see in you?…
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