Nuruddin Farah on Writing
born 1945 Somalia
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To understand a society, you have to have many different writers writing about it, so that each author gives you . you know . covers a certain territory
Our people do not comprehend writing because they do not understand the value of writing. This ignorance, however, is not their fault
Writing, as a profession, is tedious, not very enjoyable. Nor is it highly appreciated, nor understood
Studying dictatorship and writing about it and analysing it is something that requires either madness or bravery
I approach writing as though it were a game that I play alone, in a room by myself
I convince myself that I’m new to writing, that I am doing it for the first time, in the hopes of producing something completely, absolutely different