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date: 29 January 2023

Janet Malcolm 1934– 
American writer 

  1. Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
    The Journalist and the Murderer (1990)
  2. The biographer at work, indeed, is like the professional burglar.
    Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes (1994)