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• All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. — Paul Auster
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• A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially. — Eric Maisel
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• The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that… — Benjamin Franklin
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