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I never called myself a writer because it seemed so pretentious - a writer was what somebody else called you, a title bestowed.

Nguyen Viet Thang
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"Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Viet Thanh Nguyen 'Never Stopped Being a Refugee'". Interview with Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn, www.motherjones.com. January/February 2017.
I never called myself a writer because it seemed so pretentious - a writer was what somebody else called you, a title bestowed.