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  • What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

    "A life in writing: Günter Grass" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2010.