![Katherine Boo Quotes: But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world.](https://www.quoteslyfe.com/images/collection3/quotations781/But-if-writing-about-people-who-are-781033.jpg)
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world.
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