"People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog."

Time, People, Baby, Want

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"People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog."

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"I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list."

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"People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog."

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"Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on."

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"I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it."

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