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I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on.

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You’re seeing someone else, aren’t you?" Seeing someone else? How on earth could that explain any of this? Why would seeing someone else necessitate b...more

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Because . . . most of us think that the point is something to do with work, or kids, or family, or whatever. But you don't have any of that. There's n...more

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Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-dr...more

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But I want to see Clara, Charlie's friend, who's right up my street. I want to see her because I don't know where my street is; I don't even know whic...more

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It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to exp...more

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Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that D...more

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Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds in the ring again...more

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Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down, winnow, chop, hack, prune, and trim,...more