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I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

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Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

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There is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

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I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story.

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Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing.

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The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily...more

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they tur...more