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Birthday parties make me nervous as hell. They're one of those things where you're forced to be happy. And even if you're totally depressed,… — A.M. Homes Copy Share
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I really don't watch enough TV to know about the impact. In my experience as a TV writer, I would say is the exact… — A.M. Homes Copy Share
I am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong. — A.M. Homes Copy Share
The weird thing about having your birthday on a school day is that by the time you get to be ten, or eleven for… — A.M. Homes Copy Share
My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others… — A.M. Homes Copy Share
Philip Galanes makes his debut with a novel that is both heartbreaking and deftly comic, the story of a young man struggling with his… — A.M. Homes Copy Share
