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After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was very good indeed, but the more he wrote the less good it became.

Source: Comment about The Sword in the Stone; in an Interview with Naomi Mitchison, by Raymond H. Thompson, 15 Apr 1989; found at www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/intrvws/mitchisn.htm
-- Naomi Mitchison, (Nov 1 1897-1999), Scottish novelist; Her numerous works include the historcial novel The Conquered, 1923; and the children's book Snake, 1976.

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