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“When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them.”

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I never troll for material. It simply presents itself, and is always unmistakable. This is why I want to roll my eyes when people…

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When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The…

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Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

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We don't choose what's going to wake us up.

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Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers.

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There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

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We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache.

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A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden…

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“Oh, child! Somewhere inside you, your future has already unfurled like one of those coiled-up party streamers, once shiny, shaken loose, floating gracefully for…

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I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.

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The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees…

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Jesus never met a disease he could not cure, a birth defect he could not reverse, a demon he could not exorcise. But he…

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The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings.

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Once you convince people that they're victims, you really own them because you've just told them that whatever problems they have in life, it's…

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The people on the QVC shopping channel convince me that life is worth living. They see the good in everything. People who go to…

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Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But…

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It's hard to convince your agents and managers to do theater, because it's not as financially rewarding and it takes up a lot of…

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I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can…

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The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing…

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Convince people and you win their minds. Inspire people and you win their hearts.

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I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat,…

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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be…

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