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INTERVIEWER
Have you been conscious of attempting to debunk the myths, statements like “Rain follows the plow” or “Cold is anywhere you stick your shovel”?
STEGNER
I’d call those delusions, not myths; but sure, I grew up doubting the big-bonanza-just-over-the-next-rise notion because for years I watched my family chase it. I got pretty jaundiced on that subject. A little realism would have helped my family a good deal. Instead of expecting to make a big strike somewhere, which is a very American notion, encouraged by free land, by opportunity, by freedom of action or nearly complete freedom of action, I would have liked to see a little more just plain stick-to-it-ivness at times. The longest journey begins with a single step.
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