Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks
Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant. — Iain Banks
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Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.

— Iain Banks
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