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“When well told, a story captured the subtle movement of change. If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.”

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She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room.

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If I had problems, I kept them to myself. I didn't make a scene.

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I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

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“Without worry to protect me, every thought that came into my mind received real attention.”

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“I wrote the last sentence of The Patron Saint of Liars in early April and stumbled out of my apartment and into the beautiful spring feeling panicked and amazed. There is no single experience in my life as a writer to match that moment, the blue of the sky and the breeze drifting in from the bay. I had done…

“In the future, he will try to say her name enough, but he never can.”

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My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

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“He was in love, and never had he felt such kindness towards another person.”

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“Gen was sleeping the sleep of the heavily drugged.”

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If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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