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"I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things."
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"As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection."

"This is not your standard "How to restore your VW Beetle book. It's also not a workshop manual. Aside from a basic rundown on the differences between various bug models through the years, there is a section on some things you can do to preserve your bug. Mostly however, what I've done is reviewed all the things I did to my bugsand put those ideas together as cheap, skillful, cheap, d.i.y, cheap means of enhancing your grocery getter's performance and handling."

"I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography."

"I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds."

"Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that."

"As you grow old, if you don't earn some money or inspiration out of your hobby, you will stop pursuing your hobby."

"My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'"
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"I always wanted to ride a dragon myself, so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination."

"Second, there are so many magical places in books that you can't go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go."

"If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids."

"I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to be found in my books."
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