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" A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. "

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" There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen. "

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" When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? "

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" There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart. "

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" It makes sense that we came up with our public school system during the Industrial Revolution because it's like everybody is a factory worker, eating their terrible food and going back to the room where you're silent and listening to an idiot. That's an epitomizing idea, getting called 'Nothing' for your whole high school experience. "

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