"I've gone on the wagon, but my body doesn't believe it."

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"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

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Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

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"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

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"In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75."

"Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own."

"In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that."

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