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"The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression."

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"Continuity is one of the things I like about New England."

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"I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in."

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"You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness."

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"I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard."

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"When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life."

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"If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you."

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