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Quote by Stuart McLean
I don't think you decide to become a writer — I think it's decided for you. I think it's an affliction.
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The speaker presents becoming a writer as something that happens to a person rather than a career choice they freely make. Calling it “an affliction” gives the idea a burdened, unwanted feeling: writing is described less as an ambition than as a persistent condition that shapes someone’s life.
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- Feathertale, “Stuart McLean (1948–2017)”
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