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"I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it."
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"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."
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"The so-called feminist writers were disgusted with me. I did my thing, and so I guess by feminist standards I'm a feminist. That suits me fine."
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"Good writers are of necessity rare."
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"There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors."
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"A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer."
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"I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer."
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"I don't call myself a writer."
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"I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else."
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"Writers are too neurotic to ever be happy."
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"I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born."
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"Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it."
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"You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle."
Earth

"I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it."
Writer

"My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet."
Father

"Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body."
Belief

"America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us."
Father

"The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that before. I could hear it forever."
Memories

"Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective."
Father

"I had this odd sibling rivalry with America."
America

"After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country."
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