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| Days of Heaven (1978) |
"So his was the classic Ellis Island story... it must have been extraordinary. He was a very unadventurous man; he didn't have a strong personality--he was timid. He still is a mystery to me. I wonder if he didn't burn himself out in this tremendous initial adventure, where it wasn't really too much for him, and once having a niche for himself somewhere, he just didn't have the guts to become much of a personality."
Gordimer, Nadine. Interview by Jannika Hurwitt. "The Art of Fiction No. 77," The Paris Review.