What a beautiful interview, Martin - thanks for the pointer. I so admire
John Berger. I liked this so much that I wrote it down - more or less
accurately I think - it's Berger in response to the perennial question of
"where do the stories come from?"
"If I have a certain talent it's a talent for - not exactly allowing, not
exactly encouraging - but silently persuading people to talk to me - ... and
immediately, as if they were a flame, of putting hands around them, as if to
protect that story, as if to protect that flame...and that's one of the
things that happens on the page."
Best
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Alison Croggon
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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