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  • Like my hero Virginia Woolf, I do lack confidence. I always find that the novel I'm finishing, even if it's turned out fairly well, is not the novel I had in my mind. I think a lot of writers must negotiate this, and if they don't admit it, they're not being honest.

    "Michael Cunningham: A life in writing" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2011.