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"Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true."
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"You want the audience to be uncomfortable."
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"I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything."
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"With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl."
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"If you want to be happy, be."
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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."
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"And I want to say anything is possible. Comma. You know."
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"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants."
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"There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means."
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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."
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"I didn't really want to be a comedian."
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"But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago."
Life
"My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective."
Family
"I love to both give and receive very old books."
Love
"I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience."
Advertising
"Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true."
Want
"I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in."
Experience
"As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward."
Being
"I never listen to music when I write."
Music
"As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened."
Family
"I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it."
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