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I returned to writing in Arabic as, for me, it is simply instinctive.

— Rachid Boudjedra

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We must find an alternative to the rigid intellectual moulds and ideals that hinder the creative process in the Arab world.

When I write about Algeria, I write about the human being.

My characters are universal and my subjects are linked to a great history that can affect any reader.

I have many ancestors including Ibn Khaldun and other pioneers of our modern history.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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