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- Nov 07, 2020
Write what you know.
- Nov 07, 2020
What isn't said is as important as what is said.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.
- Me
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I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me.
- Great
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Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Sag Harbor' was a very different book for me. It changed the way I thought about books that I wanted to do.
- Here
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I live in Brooklyn. I moved here 14 years ago for the cheap rent. It was a little embarrassing because I was raised in Manhattan, and so I was a bit of a snob about the other boroughs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I expect it's like writing in Manhattan, but there aren't as many tourists walking very slowly in front of you when you step out for coffee. It's like writing in Paris, but there are fewer people speaking French.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my writer friends live near me, and that makes people think we just hang around with one another in cafes, trading work and discussing 'Harper's' and what not. But I rarely see them. We're home working.
- Music
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I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And I lucked out getting a job at the 'Voice' right after college.
- Down
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You can raze the old buildings and erect magnificent corporate towers, hose down Port Authority, but you can't change people.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a good poker face because I am half-dead inside.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm of that subset of native New Yorkers who can't drive.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The contemporary casino is more than a gambling destination: it is a multifarious pleasure enclosure intended to satisfy every member of the family unit.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't generally follow sports. At an early age, I discovered that nature had apportioned me only a small reserve of enthusiasm. Best to ration.
- Feel
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