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"Writers are too neurotic to ever be happy."
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"The Rift, which was well over a thousand pages of manuscript, took two years."

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

"All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour."

"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."

"I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist."

"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."

"If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer."
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"I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible."

"It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir."

"I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia."

"Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person."
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