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"The middle class were invented to give the poor hope; the poor, to make the rich feel special; the rich, to humble the middle class."
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"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor."
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"Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important."
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"I'm painfully middle class."
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"It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job."
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"If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination."
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"Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future."
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"I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys."
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"I'm only going to be running the Pro Class this season, that way I can focus on the Pro Championship."
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"I was always the class clown."
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"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."
Talk
"For me, writing something down was the only road out."
Road
"I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin."
Events
"I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?"
Thought
"I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own."
Writing
"I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown."
Time
"If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all."
Writing
"My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy."
Family
"I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a thought to influences or method or any other writerly concerns."
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"Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!"
Nature
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