Maggie O'Farrell: Having a stammer was instrumental in making me a writer'
Briefly

"I visited it once a week to take out my allotted three books... it was the music and stories that left a lasting impression."
"Having a stammer has been the single most defining experience of my life... it was instrumental in making me a writer."
"You don't choose the books, the books choose you... the one that's calling your name the loudest or tugging most insistently at your sleeve."
"If I could go back and visit that 16-year-old, I'd say, Don't worry, it gets better. And tone down the eyeliner."
Read at www.theguardian.com
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