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I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more you write about it, the more you travel into it, and you see it from within.

I think writing is really about a journey of understanding. So you take something that seems very far away, and the more you write about it, the more you travel into it, and you see it from within.

Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern

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Pico Iyer
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Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Pico Iyer: documented birth year 1957; activity date not established. Wikidata Q2955951, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2955951 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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