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Continue to ChatWhen I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but to a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas. I think of the books on library shelves, without their jackets, years old, and a countryish teen-aged boy finding them, and having them speak to him. The review, the stacks in Brentano's, are just hurdles to get over, to place the books on that shelf. - John Updike from https://whatsmyquote.com/quote/when-i-write-i-aim-in-my-mind-not-toward-new-york-but-to-a-vague-spot-a-little-to-the-east-of-kansas-i-think