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"I'm a schoolteacher and a writer. So that's what I do."

"I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best."

"And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them."

"Good writers are of necessity rare."

"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."

"Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are."

"I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist."

"I would say the next imminent hot writers are often the writers from the decade before you were born."
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"I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week."

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours."

"I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing."

"To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best."

"I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is."
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