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- It's my experience that very few writers, young or old, are really seeking advice when they give out their work to be read. They want…
- There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless our mental and…
- I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first…
- I get up early. I like to read a little before anyone but the dog is up. I also like to read at night, not…
- My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a novelist…
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