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"I went for an outrageous form of expressing myself. It seemed to be a way that I could make my name and show that I was somebody."
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"Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant."

"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."
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"When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing."
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"Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about."
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"As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system."

"Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent."

"Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day."

"I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying."

"My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12."

"I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love."

"The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible."

"The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches."
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