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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of widows feel that they have betrayed their spouse by continuing to live. It's deranged thinking. I know that, but that doesn't stop you feeling it.
- Nov 07, 2020
No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The books I read I do enjoy, very much; otherwise I wouldn't read them. Most of them are for review, for the New York Review of Books, and substantial.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that one must live alone, obsessively.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my parents passed away - in 2000 and 2003 - I felt I could take the time to think about the past and imagine what it would have been like to be my grandmother.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I'd put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn't actually know how to write.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good, sympathetic review is always a wonderful surprise.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love is an indescribable sensation - perhaps a conviction, a sense of certitude.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up to be sympathetic toward others.
- Fireplace
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- Nov 07, 2020
If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.
- Degree
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- Nov 07, 2020
A typical biography relying upon individuals' notorious memories and the anecdotes they've invented contains a high degree of fiction, yet is considered 'nonfiction.'
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a book I've committed myself to review turns out to be 'disappointing' I make an effort to present it objectively to the reader, including a good number of excerpts from the text, so that the reader might form his or her own opinion independent of my own.
- Say
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise.
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020