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"It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!"
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"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'"
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"When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis."
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"You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either."
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"It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!"
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"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
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"Miami drivers will attempt to pass you inside a car wash."
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"I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts."
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"I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces."
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"As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio."
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"It seems that whatever we do is somehow beyond reproach - murder, rape, drunk driving - as long as we go on a TV show and apologize."
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"Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind."
Mind
"I had to live this long, have the experiences I've had, to create what I do. I knew I wanted to write for years, but I had to be ready so I wouldn't blow it. The move to Maine was the final step."
Writing
"I hate telling that story to people who've been struggling for years."
People
"The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is."
Being
"I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'."
Fantasy
"It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the same things as they're driving down the street in an Oldsmobile they'd sound ludicrous!"
Driving
"Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story."
Life
"The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking."
Society
"I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine."
Appreciation
"After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'"
Life
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